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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| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
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| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
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| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
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| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |