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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clichea trite phrase or expression
fermentto undergo fermentation
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
lubricateto make smooth or slippery
lineamentsan outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face
lanceta sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
philistinea native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia
crustthe hardened exterior or surface part of bread