SAT vocabulary
Abstruse
Difficult to understand; obscure.
Example
"The philosopher's writings were so abstruse that only a few of his students could grasp their full meaning."
Etymology
From Latin abstrusus 'hidden, concealed', past participle of abstrudere 'conceal, push away'.
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