1984

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Use context to determine the meaning of the word sanguineas it is used in 1984. Write your definition of sanguine here and explain how you arrived at its meaning. Verify your inferred definition with a dictionary.

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His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended.

In this context Sanguine means a blood-red color.

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