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 |
|---|---|
| cadaver | a dead body |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |