GRE Word List
AQUILINE
curving like an eagle's beak
The meaning of the word aquiline is curving like an eagle's beak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| ramification | branch |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |