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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|---|---|
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
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| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
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| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |