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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |