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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monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
cadavera dead body
gyroscopea 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
ruthlesshaving no pity : merciless
rhapsodya portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation
constraintthe act of constraining
quotidianoccurring every day
hauntto visit often : frequent
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous