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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| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| pundit | pandit |
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| indite | make up |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| quorum | a select group |