As for the free world, trade with Cuba has been taking place on a modest scale despite the _______ opposition of the United States.
(a) overt (b) independent (c) clandestine (d) casual

It was Jacob Grimm who transformed philology from an ______ study into an exact science.
(a) abstruse (b) alleged (c) esoteric (d) errant

• ....despite the "overt" opposition....
  - overt means in open
  
  ....from an "errant" study....
  - errant means straying from the proper course or standard or outside established limits
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• overt-------bcoz publicly opposition
  abstruse----
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• (a) overt
  
  (b) errant
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