'Esoteric' Words

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1. Which of these unusual words derived from the French has a meaning that resembles the term 'esoteric'? Recherché Relevé Réchauffé Repêchage

2. Aside from meaning 'esoteric' or 'very refined', what is the alternate meaning for the word 'rarefied'? Lower than normal air pressure Brash Exceptionally eager Turned into stone

3. Which synonym of 'esoteric' is ultimately derived from a Latin term for 'chest' (in the sense of 'box' or 'trunk')? Mysterious Complex Arcane Secret

4. Which of these terms, referencing back to ancient Greece, has a meaning that closely resembles 'esoteric'? Spartan Platonic Dionysian Delphic

5. Which of these 'ab' adjectives has a meaning that very much resembles that of 'esoteric'? Abyssal Abject Aberrant Abstruse

6. Another synonym of esoteric is the word 'cabbalistic'. With which religion does this term relate? Zoroastrianism Islam Judaism Hinduism

7. The word 'occult', which has the general meaning in noun form of 'supernatural beliefs, practices, or phenomena' (from the OED), also has an adjectival meaning that is synonymous with 'esoteric'. True False

8. Which of these 'esoteric' words does not (ultimately) have a Greek etymology? Cryptic Mystic Enigmatic Hidden

9. Aside from being a synonym of 'esoteric', the word 'opaque' also is synonymous with the word 'transparent'. True False

10. Which of these words has directly the opposite meaning of the word 'esoteric'? anoteric indoteric endoteric exoteric