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 |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| potentate | ruler |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |