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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pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
migrantone that migrates: such as
quintessencethe fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
unearthlynot earthly: such as
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as