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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| drab | slattern |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| noisome | noxious |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |