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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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| edifice | building |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| spate | freshet |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |