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 |
|---|---|
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| tome | book |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| defalcate | deduct |
| nexus | connection |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |