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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| random | a haphazard course |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |