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
unregeneratenot regenerate
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
wiggleto move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
tremora trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign