GRE Word List
ABSTRUSE
difficult to comprehend : recondite
The meaning of the word abstruse is difficult to comprehend : recondite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| swill | wash |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |