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 |
|---|---|
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| quench | put out |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |