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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| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |