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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captionthe part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed
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libela written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
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fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
psychopathicof, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy
tensilecapable of tension : ductile
dowseto plunge into water