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 |
|---|---|
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |