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 |
|---|---|
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| purveyor | one that purveys |