Wordcluster Exercise Sample

Wordclusters are a group of words that have similar meaning or use.  These exercises use each word in an sentence to help you understand their use.  Place the mouse over the highlighted word to view its definition.

Cluster Theme:  Understanding Is So Difficult

Words in the Cluster:  obfuscate, equivocate, evasive, opaque, obscure, abstruse, recondite, obtuse, inscrutable, and ambiguous.

1. The computer engineer gave very abstruse answers to very simplistic questions.

2. The physics professor could not clarify recondite concepts even though his students were clearly
    confused and frustrated.

3. Because the manager asked many trivial questions, it was obvious to everyone that the manager
    was obtuse.

4. Because Michael never shows the slightest emotion, his family and friends feel he is totally
     inscrutable.

5. Chad’s ambiguous comments about marriage perplexed his wife.

The president has a recondite problem.	His is not obtuse.	A researcher investigates abstruse problems.

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