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 |
|---|---|
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |