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 |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |