GRE Word List

ABSTRUSE

difficult to comprehend : recondite

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

Random words

WordMeaning
berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
fuss:trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby
hotheada hotheaded person
lullto cause to sleep or rest : soothe
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
felonone who has committed a felony
poignancythe quality or state of being poignant
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
immureto enclose within or as if within walls