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
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
countenancelook
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time