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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palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
sere | being dried and withered |
pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |