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 |
|---|---|
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |