GRE Word List
ABSTRUSE
difficult to comprehend : recondite
The meaning of the word abstruse is difficult to comprehend : recondite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| quench | put out |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |