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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |