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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|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
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| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
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