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 |
|---|---|
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |