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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| clientele | a body of clients |