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 |
|---|---|
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| seemly | good-looking |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |