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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WordMeaning
censurea judgment involving condemnation
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
engulfto flow over and enclose : overwhelm
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
shoveto push along
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
arcaneknown or knowable only to a few people : secret