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 |
|---|---|
| rank | relative standing or position |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |