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 |
|---|---|
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |