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 |
|---|---|
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| leery | suspicious |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |