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inscrutability

nounCommon GRE wordMore I words

the quality of being impossible to understand

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Inscrutability in a sentence

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The inscrutability of the ancient script frustrated generations of scholars.

Synonyms
impenetrabilitymysteriousnessobscurity
Antonyms
transparencyclarity

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Inscrutability (noun) means the quality of being impossible to understand
Here is inscrutability used in an example sentence: "The inscrutability of the ancient script frustrated generations of scholars."
Common synonyms for inscrutability include impenetrability, mysteriousness, obscurity.
Antonyms of inscrutability include transparency, clarity.
Inscrutability is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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