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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The forum discussed ESOTERIC points of tax law that only specialists understood."

  1. mainstream
  2. arcane
  3. exotic
  4. eccentric

Answer

B. arcane

Solution

ESOTERIC means "understood by only a small group," so the closest in meaning is "arcane."

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