GRE Word List
SANGUINARY
bloodthirsty
The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloodthirsty.
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|---|---|
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |