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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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