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 |
|---|---|
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |