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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WordMeaning
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
dintforce
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
swear-wordword considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
corpusclea minute particle