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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| osseous | bony |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |