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 |
|---|---|
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| conscientious | meticulous |