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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hostilitydeep-seated usually mutual ill will
internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
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rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
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