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 |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| mystic | mystical |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |