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 |
|---|---|
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |