GRE vocabulary
Recondite
Relating to a subject or knowledge that is little known; abstruse.
Example
"Her lecture on the recondite history of medieval alchemy was fascinating to those with a specialized interest, but impenetrable to others."
Etymology
From Latin 'reconditus' (hidden, put away), from 'recondere' (to put away, conceal).
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