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 |
|---|---|
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| leave-taking | departure |