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 |
|---|---|
| attentive | mindful |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| inequity | injustice |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |