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 |
|---|---|
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |