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 |
|---|---|
| quarry | game |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |