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 |
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| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| gazette | newspaper |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |