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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |