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 |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| wreak | bring about |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |