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 |
|---|---|
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| heed | to pay attention |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |