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 |
|---|---|
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| 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 |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |