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 |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |