Gre Difficult To Understand

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abstruse

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(adj)
1. hard to understand, esoteric, obscure

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ambiguous

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(adj)
1. equivocal
2. of doubtful/uncertain nature
3. obscure, indistinct
4. when a sentence can have more than one meaning b/c of an unclear strucutre

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arcane

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(adj)
1. esoteric (understood by very little)

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bemusing

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(adj)
1. confusing

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cryptic

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(adj)
1. mysterious
2. terse
3. secret, occult
4. involving or using a secret code
5. serving to camouflage

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enigmatic

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(adj)
perplexing, mysterious

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esoteric

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(adj)
1. understood by a select few, recondite
2. belonging to a select few
3. confidential, private, secret
4. intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group

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inscrutable

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(adj)
1. incapable of being investigated, impenetrable
2. unfathomable, mysterious
3. incapable of being seen through, physically impenetrable

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obscure

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(adj)
1. ambiguous, vague, uncertain
2. not clear to the understanding, hard to perceive
3. language style: not expressed clearly
4. indistinct sense (sight, etc), faint
5. inconspicuous

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opaque

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(adj)
1. impenetrable to light
2. not transmitting radiation in the form of heat/light
3. dark, dull
4. not clear/lucid, obscure
5. dull, stupid

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paradoxical

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(adj)
1. self contradictory
2. unusual, unexpected (medicine)

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perplexing

Back 12

(adj)
confusing, bewildering

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recondite

Back 13

(adj)
1. dealing with a very profound or difficult subject matter
2. esoteric
3. little known, obscure

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turbid

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(adj)
1. opaque, dark
2. thick (like smoke)
3. disturbed, muddled, confused