GRE Word List
HIEROGLYPHIC
written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
The meaning of the word hieroglyphic is written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| 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 |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |