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 |
|---|---|
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| sidetrack | siding |
| pending | during |