GRE Word List
AERIE
nest of a large bird of prey
The meaning of the word aerie is nest of a large bird of prey.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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sober | serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober |
equivocal | (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal |
exhale | breathe out; OP. inhale |
chaotic | in utter disorder |
palate | roof of the mouth; sense of the taste |
suffocate | die or kill from lack of air; suppress |
vivisection | act of dissecting living animals |
grotesque | fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement) |
disingenuous | not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous |
metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |