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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
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| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
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| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |