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 |
|---|---|
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| drab | slattern |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |