GRE Word List
ARCANE
known or knowable only to a few people : secret
The meaning of the word arcane is known or knowable only to a few people : secret.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |