GRE Word List

COTERIE

an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

The meaning of the word coterie is an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose.

Random words

WordMeaning
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
colloquyconversation
effulgentradiant splendor : brilliance
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
misconstrueto interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute