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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| whimsy | whim |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |