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 |
|---|---|
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |