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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| cohorts | companion |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |