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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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| indite | make up |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |