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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| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| attentive | mindful |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |