GRE Word List
SANGUINARY
bloodthirsty
The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloodthirsty.
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| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |