SAT vocabulary
Intricate
Very complicated or detailed.
Example
"The watchmaker carefully assembled the intricate gears of the tiny mechanism."
Etymology
Late 16th century: from Latin intricat- 'entangled', from the verb intricare, from in- 'into' + tricae 'trifles, perplexities'.
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