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 |
|---|---|
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| onus | burden |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |