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 |
|---|---|
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| brazen | made of brass |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |