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 |
|---|---|
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| osseous | bony |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |