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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|---|---|
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| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
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| putrefy | to make putrid |
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