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 |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |