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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facultyability
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
libidinoushaving or marked by lustful desires : lascivious
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
pareto trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of
elevationthe height to which something is elevated: such as
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
pushyaggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward