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 |
|---|---|
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| plait | pleat |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |