GRE Word List
CONSANGUINEOUS
of the same blood or origin
The meaning of the word consanguineous is of the same blood or origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| aver | to declare positively |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| puerile | juvenile |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |