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
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| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| minuscule | very small |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| circlet | a little circle |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |