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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| conflagration | fire |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| demure | reserved |
| headlong | headfirst |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |