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 |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| quench | put out |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |