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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| alleviate | relieve |
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| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| spoof | deceive |