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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |