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.

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graphitea soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
squabblea noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
skiffany of various small boats
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey