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 |
|---|---|
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| purported | reputed |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |