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Show Meaning of "Perplexity" One Is perplexed 1-n .unrtprstund-lng .unrtprstund-lng rather than In feeling; intricacies intrica-cies or unforeseen difficulties perplex. per-plex. The future perplexes. That, which perplexes depends ni, both the individual and extraneous circumstances. cir-cumstances. Any ennditinn nr tiling that interferes with the nmking up of one's mind as to t!ic pursuit of a course perplexes. Perplexity lias not the unsettling of flie faculties implied in confusion, nor the overwhelming over-whelming of the faculties implied In amazement or astonishment; It is not the magnitude of the things to be known, but the v:int of full and definite knowledge that causes perplexity. Perplexity has lieen described de-scribed as "the drawing or turning of the thoughts or faculties in different dif-ferent directions or toward contradictory contra-dictory conclusions." Literary Digest. |