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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| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |