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Esoteric Adj Hard Understand Chosen Yorker Short Stories

Word esoteric
Part of Speech ADJ.
Definition hard to understand; known only to the chosen few.
Sentence New Yorker short stories often included esoteric allusions to obscure people and events; the implication was, if you were in the in-crowd, you'd get the reference; if you came from Cleveland, you would not.

Tags: psat, hf

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