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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alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
baubletrinket
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
steeplofty
gustythe sensation of taste