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
prowessdistinguished bravery
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
senilitythe quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law