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 |
|---|---|
| concentric | having a common center |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| sleek | slick |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |