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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |