GRE Word List

ABSTRUSE

difficult to comprehend : recondite

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

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WordMeaning
extrinsicnot forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous
expiateto make amends for
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
embroiderto ornament with needlework
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going