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 |
|---|---|
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| amity | friendship |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |