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recondite
What does recondite mean?
recondite (adjective): difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound.
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What does “recondite” mean?
unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
Not quite: that's what contradictory means.
increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
Not quite: that's what incremental means.
difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound
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lacking something essential; often construed with in
Not quite: that's what deficient means.
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