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 |
|---|---|
| scintilla | spark |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| countenance | look |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |