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 |
|---|---|
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| 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 |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| fete | festival |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |