GRE Word List
AERIE
the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
The meaning of the word aerie is the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop.
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predilection | an established preference for something |
stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
calorific | caloric |
mutability | prone to change : inconstant |