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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| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
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| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
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| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
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