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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |