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Arcane
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| a sudden forward thrust, any sudden forward movement; plunge |
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- Visitors browse among arcane and popular titles or among the cards and calendars.
- He was a disciplined and chiselled prose stylist who could not resist dropping names and arcane terms into his work.
- Stay tuned for a very arcane discussion of Latin grammar.
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arcane
1540s, from L. arcanus "secret, hidden," from arcere "close up, enclose, contain," from arca "chest, box," from PIE *ark- "to hold, contain, guard" (cf. Gk. arkos "defense," arkein "to ward off;" Arm. argel "obstacle;" Lith. raktas "key," rakinti "to shut, lock").
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