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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| reaper | one that reaps |