GRE Word List

AQUILINE

curving like an eagle's beak

The meaning of the word aquiline is curving like an eagle's beak.

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WordMeaning
numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
deleteriousharmful often in a subtle or unexpected way
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
viablecapable of living
poseura person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person