GRE Word List
VULTURE
any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
The meaning of the word vulture is any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| apprehend | arrest |
| flounder | flatfish |