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 |
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| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |