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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |