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 |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |