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 |
|---|---|
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |