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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| hap | happening |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |