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 |
|---|---|
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| abnegation | denial |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| circlet | a little circle |