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 |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| reverberate | reflect |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| bauble | trinket |
| thespian | actor |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |