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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| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |