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 |
|---|---|
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| hortatory | hortative |
| unfrock | defrock |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |