| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abstruse | hard to understand |
| 2. | arcane | mysterious and specialized |
| 3. | arduous | requiring great effort |
| 4. | articulated | formed with distinct connected parts |
| 5. | baffling | very confusing |
| 6. | baroque | ornate and highly elaborate |
| 7. | bewildering | extremely confusing |
| 8. | braided | interwoven in strands |
| 9. | busy | full of distracting detail |
| 10. | byzantine | highly complicated and confusing |
| 11. | chaotic | highly disordered and unpredictable |
| 12. | complex | having many connected parts |
| 13. | complicated | hard to understand or deal with |
| 14. | composite | made of several parts |
| 15. | compound | made of two or more parts |
| 16. | confounding | surprisingly hard to understand |
| 17. | convoluted | extremely twisted or complicated |
| 18. | cumbersome | awkwardly complex or heavy |
| 19. | daunting | seeming difficult and overwhelming |
| 20. | deep | having many levels of meaning |
| 21. | delicate | requiring careful handling or thought |
| 22. | dense | packed with difficult detail |
| 23. | developed | advanced and detailed |
| 24. | dynamic | constantly changing and interacting |
| 25. | elaborate | carefully detailed and involved |
| 26. | enigmatic | mysterious and hard to explain |
| 27. | entangled | caught in a complex snarl |
| 28. | esoteric | understood by few specialists |
| 29. | far-reaching | having many effects or connections |
| 30. | filigreed | delicately intricate |
| 31. | fine-grained | showing very small distinctions |
| 32. | fractal | showing repeating complex patterns |
| 33. | fraught | filled with difficulty or tension |
| 34. | fussy | overly detailed and complicated |
| 35. | gnarled | twisted and knotted |
| 36. | granular | detailed at a fine level |
| 37. | head-spinning | dizzyingly complicated |
| 38. | heterogeneous | made of different kinds |
| 39. | hierarchical | arranged in ranked levels |
| 40. | hybrid | combining different elements |
| 41. | impenetrable | impossible to understand fully |
| 42. | inscrutable | hard to interpret or understand |
| 43. | interconnected | connected in many ways |
| 44. | interdependent | mutually dependent in a complex way |
| 45. | interlaced | crossed and linked together |
| 46. | interwoven | woven together in complex ways |
| 47. | intricate | having many small detailed parts |
| 48. | intricately structured | organized with fine complexity |
| 49. | involved | complicated and difficult to follow |
| 50. | irregular | not following a simple pattern |
| 51. | knotty | difficult and tangled |
| 52. | labyrinthine | like a maze; very complex |
| 53. | layered | having several levels or meanings |
| 54. | manifold | many and varied |
| 55. | many-layered | having many levels |
| 56. | messy | disordered and complicated |
| 57. | mind-bending | extremely hard to grasp |
| 58. | multicomponent | having many components |
| 59. | multifaceted | having many different aspects |
| 60. | multilayered | having several layers or meanings |
| 61. | murky | unclear and hard to understand |
| 62. | nested | contained within similar layers |
| 63. | networked | linked through many connections |
| 64. | nonlinear | not following a straight pattern |
| 65. | nuanced | showing subtle differences |
| 66. | onerous | burdensome and difficult |
| 67. | opaque | hard to understand clearly |
| 68. | ornate | highly decorated and detailed |
| 69. | overengineered | made more complex than needed |
| 70. | overwrought | too elaborate or complicated |
| 71. | patchwork | made from many different pieces |
| 72. | perplexing | difficult to understand |
| 73. | polyhedral | having many faces or aspects |
| 74. | protean | changing into many forms |
| 75. | puzzling | causing confusion or uncertainty |
| 76. | ramified | having many branches or consequences |
| 77. | recondite | little known and difficult |
| 78. | recursive | repeating within itself |
| 79. | reticulate | arranged like a network |
| 80. | rich | full of detail or variety |
| 81. | segmented | divided into sections |
| 82. | shifting | changing in complicated ways |
| 83. | sophisticated | highly developed and complex |
| 84. | stratified | arranged in layers |
| 85. | structured | arranged according to a plan |
| 86. | subdivided | divided into smaller parts |
| 87. | substructured | having internal structure |
| 88. | subtle | not obvious; finely complex |
| 89. | tangled | twisted together; hard to unravel |
| 90. | technical | involving specialized detail |
| 91. | tessellated | arranged in interlocking shapes |
| 92. | textured | having varied detail or layers |
| 93. | thorny | difficult and sensitive |
| 94. | tiered | arranged in levels |
| 95. | tricky | difficult in a complicated way |
| 96. | twisted | bent into a complicated shape |
| 97. | unwieldy | hard to manage because complex |
| 98. | variegated | showing many different elements |
| 99. | volatile | changing unpredictably |
| 100. | webbed | linked like a web |
