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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aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
discomposeto destroy the composure of
flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
meteto give out by measure : dole out
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness