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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| ramification | branch |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |