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 |
|---|---|
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |