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
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
rusticateto go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life
exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
requiteto make return for : repay
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
cemeterya burial ground
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering