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 |
|---|---|
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |