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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| overweening | arrogant |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |