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 |
|---|---|
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |