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 |
|---|---|
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |