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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| farce | stuff |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |