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.
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
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| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
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| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| doddering | feeble |