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 |
|---|---|
| queasy | causing nausea |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| motley | variegated in color |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |