GRE Word List

HERMETIC

of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.

The meaning of the word hermetic is of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d..

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aliasotherwise called : otherwise known as
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
genteelhaving an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
obliviouslacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention