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 |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| polity | political organization |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |