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 |
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conversant | having knowledge or experience |
tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
hortatory | hortative |
unfrock | defrock |
contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |