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
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epitheta characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing
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endorseto write on the back of
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed