GRE Word List

SANGUINE

marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic

The meaning of the word sanguine is marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic.

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adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
sextantan instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude)
planeairplane
triggera piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
hovelan open shed or shelter
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration