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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |