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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| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
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| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| politic | political |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |