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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|---|---|
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
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| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
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