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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| sow | an adult female swine |