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 |
|---|---|
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |