GRE Word List
SANGUINARY
bloodthirsty
The meaning of the word sanguinary is bloodthirsty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
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| lax | loose |
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