GRE Word List
RUNIC
any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
The meaning of the word runic is any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| gnome | maxim |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |