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 |
|---|---|
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |