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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |