GRE Word List
CONSANGUINEOUS
of the same blood or origin
The meaning of the word consanguineous is of the same blood or origin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| comestible | edible |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| thespian | actor |
| raspy | harsh |