GRE Word List

SANGUINARY

bloodthirsty

The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloodthirsty.

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litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
grimacea facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
nourishnurture
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
galvanizeto subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
poignancythe quality or state of being poignant
unexceptionablenot open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable