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 |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |