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 |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| 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 |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| query | question |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |