GRE Word List
AQUILINE
curving like an eagle's beak
The meaning of the word aquiline is curving like an eagle's beak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| viable | capable of living |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |