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
disengageto release from something that engages or involves
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
putrefyto make putrid
prevaricateto deviate from the truth : equivocate
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
bovineof, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic