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 |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| convention | agreement |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |