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cryptical
adjective
Having a secret or hidden meaning
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adjective
Having a secret or hidden meaning
“Cabalistic symbols engraved in stone”
adjective
Of an obscure nature
“The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”
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Cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
Cryptic writings
{'source': 'John Gunther', 'text': 'thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements'}
The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
A deep dark secret
The inscrutable workings of Providence
{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life'}
Rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
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