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 |
|---|---|
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |