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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WordMeaning
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
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triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
slackento make less active : slow up
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
sluggarda habitually lazy person
dowseto plunge into water