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 |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| fuddle | booze |