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
precipitousprecipitate
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
denizeninhabitant
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
quarantinea period of 40 days
infringeto encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
gargantuantremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty