GRE Word List
LINEAGE
descent in a line from a common progenitor
The meaning of the word lineage is descent in a line from a common progenitor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |