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 |
|---|---|
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| concatenate | linked together |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |