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
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
unassumingnot assuming : modest
harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group