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 |
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diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
dint | force |
apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
abjure | to renounce upon oath |