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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |