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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omnipotentalmighty
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
clangora resounding clang or medley of clangs
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
galea strong current of air:
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful