GRE Word List

ABSTRUSE

difficult to comprehend : recondite

The meaning of the word abstruse is difficult to comprehend : recondite.

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WordMeaning
blueslow spirits : melancholy
optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
siblingsib
overthrowoverturn
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
truculencethe quality or state of being truculent
circleta little circle
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities