4/19/11

Abstruse

Pronounced:
Ab - Stroose


Definition:
To hide something.


Meaning:
1. Concealed or hidden out of the way.
2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as abstruse learning.


In a Sentence:
The eternal eye whose sight discerns abstruse thoughts. ~ Milton.


Memory trick:
Ab - struse
Abstruse reminds of Obstruct.

Listen to Pronunciation: Abstruse


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