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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discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
chancellorthe secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king
moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
feintsomething feigned
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
retortto pay or hurl back : return