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 |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |