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 |
|---|---|
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |