GRE Word List
CARNIVOROUS
subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
The meaning of the word carnivorous is subsisting or feeding on animal tissues.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| shambles | a meat market |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |