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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| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
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| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
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