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 |
|---|---|
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| lout | to bow in respect |