GRE Word List
CARNIVOROUS
subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
The meaning of the word carnivorous is subsisting or feeding on animal tissues.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| throes | pang |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| hardy | bold |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |