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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| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
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| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
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| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |