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 |
|---|---|
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |