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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |