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 |
|---|---|
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |