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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|---|---|
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |