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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |