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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| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |