GRE Word List

ABSTRUSE

difficult to comprehend : recondite

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

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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
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startto move suddenly and violently : spring
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