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 |
|---|---|
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |