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 |
|---|---|
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |