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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |