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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| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
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| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
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