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 |
|---|---|
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| potentate | ruler |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |