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 |
|---|---|
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| sublimate | sublime |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |