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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |