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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| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |