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 |
|---|---|
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| append | attach |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |