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 |
|---|---|
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |