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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quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
transcribeto make a written copy of
pluckto pull or pick off or out
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adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
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tantalizeto tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
incarcerateto put in prison