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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| exude | to ooze out |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |