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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abutto border on : to touch along an edge
braggarta loud arrogant boaster
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
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