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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| figment | something made up or contrived |
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| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |