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
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
rotundaa round building
stupora condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
palliateto reduce the violence of (a disease)
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
hallowedholy
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery