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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WordMeaning
trunkthe main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots
colloquyconversation
rationa food allowance for one day
collateralproperty (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency