GRE Word List
ABSTRUSE
difficult to comprehend : recondite
The meaning of the word abstruse is difficult to comprehend : recondite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| puerile | juvenile |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |