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 |
|---|---|
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| mulct | fine |
| overweening | arrogant |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |