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convoluted
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adj. intricate; complex
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The directions were so convoluted that we drove all around the city and got lost.
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cryptic
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adj. difficult to comprehend
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The writing on the walls of the crypt was cryptic; none of the scientists could understand it.
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futile
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adj. having no useful purpose; pointless
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It is futile to try to explain the difference between right and wrong to your pet.
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impede
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v. to slow the progress of
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The retreating army constructed barbed-wire fences and destroyed bridges to impede the advance of the enemy.
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obscure
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adj. relatively unknown
n. to conceal or make indistinct |
Scott constantly makes references to obscure cult films, and no one ever gets his jokes.
The man in front of me was so tall that his head obscurred my view of the movie. |
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quandray
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n. a state of uncertainty or perplexity
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Morgan was in a quandary becasue he had no soap with which to do his laundry.
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