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 |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| commune | talk over |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |