ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)Word Knowledge (WK)Hard
The scientist's <b>inscrutable</b> findings puzzled the entire research team.
- AMysterious
- BObvious
- CTransparent
- DComprehensible
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Mysterious
Inscrutable means impossible to understand or interpret. Mysterious is the closest synonym.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Obvious means easily perceived or understood, an antonym.
- C. Transparent means easy to perceive or detect, an antonym.
- D. Comprehensible means able to be understood, an antonym.
Inscrutable
Impossible to understand or interpret.
- Often used to describe people's expressions, motives, or complex data.
- Implies a quality of being enigmatic or unfathomable.
- Suggests that something is hidden or beyond human grasp.
Memory trick: INSCRUTABLE means IN-SCReW-TABLE, impossible to figure out.