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
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
hurtleto move rapidly or forcefully
mediumsomething in a middle position
catechismoral instruction
mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
syllogisma 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")
vacuousemptied of or lacking content