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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emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |