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 |
|---|---|
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |