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 |
|---|---|
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| whittle | a large knife |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |