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 |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |