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 |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |