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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indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
gushto issue copiously or violently
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
facileeasily accomplished or attained
actuarialof or relating to actuaries
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
reputedhaving a good repute : reputable
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights