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 |
|---|---|
| mulct | fine |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| prattle | prate |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| provenance | origin |