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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bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
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lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
severto put or keep apart : divide
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
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