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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|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |