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 |
|---|---|
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| fiend | devil |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |