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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WordMeaning
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
exchequera department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
acuitykeenness of perception
ramificationbranch
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable