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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WordMeaning
commemorateto call to remembrance
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
pretensionan allegation of doubtful value : pretext
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
servitudea condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life
cataclysmflood