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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wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
obviateto anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
defiancethe act or an instance of defying : challenge