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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| cue | the letter q |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |