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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| brink | edge |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |