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 |
|---|---|
| cataclysm | flood |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |