GRE Word List

SANGUINARY

bloodthirsty

The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloodthirsty.

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flutedhaving or marked by grooves
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
ungainlylacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy
requisiteneeded for a particular purpose : essential
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience