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 |
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| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |