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 |
|---|---|
| brochure | pamphlet |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
