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 |
|---|---|
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |