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 |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |