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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |