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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| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |