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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|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
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| putrefy | to make putrid |
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| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
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| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |