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 |
|---|---|
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |