GRE Word List

ESOTERIC

designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone

The meaning of the word esoteric is designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone.

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propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
horticulturalthe science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
indenturea document or a section of a document that is indented
avantgardegroup of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard
skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
purveyorone that purveys