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 |
|---|---|
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |