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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |