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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|---|---|
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
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| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| encompass | include |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
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