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 |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| quench | put out |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| motley | variegated in color |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |