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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| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| docile | easily taught |