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 |
|---|---|
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| imprecation | curse |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| retribution | recompense |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |