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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |