GRE Word List
SANGUINARY
bloodthirsty
The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloodthirsty.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |