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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vouchto supply supporting evidence or testimony
fallibleliable to be erroneous
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inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
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cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
validhaving legal efficacy or force
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exodusthe mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
fervorintensity of feeling or expression