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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| apprehend | arrest |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
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