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
sphinx-likeenigmatic; mysterious
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
raptlifted up and carried away
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
ployescapade
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
leniencythe quality or state of being lenient
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
repelto drive back : repulse