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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WordMeaning
appellationan identifying name or title : designation
relegateto send into exile : banish
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
stoutstrong of character: such as
careento put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
oligarchygovernment by the few
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect