GRE Word List
PEDIGREE
a register recording a line of ancestors
The meaning of the word pedigree is a register recording a line of ancestors.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |