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 |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| engender | beget |
| forte | one's strong point |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |