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 |
|---|---|
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| shove | to push along |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |