GRE Word List
AQUILINE
curving like an eagle's beak
The meaning of the word aquiline is curving like an eagle's beak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |