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 |
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impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
jest | a joking or mocking remark |
intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
rational | having reason or understanding |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |