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 |
|---|---|
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |