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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| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
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| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
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| warranted | sanction |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
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