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 |
|---|---|
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| parlance | speech |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |