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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |