GRE Word List
SANGUINARY
bloody; with much bloodshed
The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloody; with much bloodshed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| felicity | happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
| vigilant | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance |
| unexceptionable | entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism |
| polygamist | one who has more than one spouse at a time; CF. bigamy; CF. polyandry |
| opiate | medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium |
| aegis | shield; protection; defense |
| audit | examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V. |
| reproach | blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion; ADJ. heretical; CF. heretic |
| scad | a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes |
