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 |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| osseous | bony |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| coin | corner |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |