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 |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
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| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| finished | entirely done |
| scotch | scottish |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| conspire | plot |