SAT vocabulary
Gordian
extremely intricate or complex; insoluble or unyielding
Example
"The consultant was hired to untie the Gordian knot of the company's financial woes."
Etymology
From Gordius, a legendary Phrygian king who tied a knot that an oracle prophesied could only be undone by the future ruler of Asia. Alexander the Great famously cut it with his sword.
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