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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| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |