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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| mulct | fine |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |