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 |
|---|---|
| appease | pacify |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| miscreant | unbelieving |