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.

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WordMeaning
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
colossusa statue of gigantic size and proportions
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
slywise in practical affairs
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adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting