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 |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |