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 |
|---|---|
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| 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 |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| stringent | tight |