Question

Fill in the blank with the right choice of word.

Literary criticism has in recent years become increasingly ____; it is almost impossible for the non-literary person to understand its analyses.

• A. abstruse
• B. accessible
• C. colloquial
• D. wide-ranging
• E. professional

Answer 1

The correct option is A abstruse

Here, the adjective 'abstruse', which means difficult to understand; obscure, best fits the given context of the sentences and conveys what the sentence means to say. Thus A is the answer.

Literary criticism has in recent years become increasingly abstruse; it is almost impossible for the non-literary person to understand its analyses.

None of the other options fit the context.