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 |
|---|---|
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |