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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|---|---|
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
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| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
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| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |