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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| environ | encircle |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |