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 |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |