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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |