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 |
|---|---|
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |