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

WordMeaning
shrivelto draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
significanthaving meaning
dissensiondisagreement
arraignto call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
discloseto make known or public