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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|---|---|
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |