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 |
|---|---|
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| charlatan | quack |
| scotch | scottish |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| realm | kingdom |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
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| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
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