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 |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| warrant | sanction |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |