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 |
|---|---|
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| recast | to cast again |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |