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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The professor's ABSTRUSE lecture on quantum theory left most students lost."

  1. lucid
  2. trite
  3. cursory
  4. recondite

Answer

D. recondite

Solution

ABSTRUSE means "difficult to understand," so the closest in meaning is "recondite."

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