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CONSANGUINEOUS

of the same blood or origin

The meaning of the word consanguineous is of the same blood or origin.

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vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
cessiona yielding to another : concession
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
tensioninner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion
tacitexpressed or carried on without words or speech
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
tenuoushaving little substance or strength : flimsy
explicateto give a detailed explanation of