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 |
|---|---|
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |