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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |