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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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subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
perfidiousof, relating to, or characterized by perfidy
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
annulto declare or make legally invalid or void
dodderingfeeble