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 |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |