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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|---|---|
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
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| polity | political organization |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
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| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |