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.
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| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |