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  • 51little-known — I adjective abstract, abstruse, arcane, concealed, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, esoteric, hidden, mysterious, mystic, mystical, nebulous, obscure, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, secret, shrouded in mystery II index peculiar (curious), re …

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  • 52mysterious — I adjective abstruse, arcane, arcanus, baffling, cabalistic, clandestine, cloaked, coded, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inexplicable,… …

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  • 53nebulous — I adjective abstruse, ambiguous, bleared, blurred, blurry, clouded, cloudy, confused, dim, dusky, faint, foggy, hazy, ill defined, imperspicuous, indeterminate, indistinct, lacking clarity, nebulose, nebulosus, not clear, obfuscated, obscure, out …

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  • 54profound — I (esoteric) adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, astute, complicated, erudite, esoteric, gnostic, intellectual, intellectually deep, knowing, learned, oracular, penetrating, perceptive, philosophical, recondite, reflective,… …

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  • 55abstract — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. theoretical, metaphysical; abstruse, recondite. v. excerpt (from); remove, steal. n. compendium, summary, epitome, précis, abridgment. See supposition, stealing, shortness.Ant., restore; combine;… …

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  • 56deep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & n. See depth, cunning. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Situated or extending far down] Syn. low, below, beneath, profound, bottomless, submerged, subterranean, submarine, inmost, deep seated, rooted,… …

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  • 57profound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. erudite, learned, abstruse; heavy, weighty, deep; heartfelt, intense; complete, thorough. See feeling, greatness, knowledge, depth. Ant., shallow. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Physically deep] Syn.… …

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  • 58secret — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Kept private Nouns secret; dead secret, profound secret; mystery; sealed or closed book; skeleton in the closet; confidence; hidden agenda; problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle, crossword puzzle, [double]… …

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  • 59difficult — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hard to achieve] Syn. laborious, hard, arduous, strenuous, demanding, exacting, hard won, stiff, heavy, painful, labored, trying, titanic, bothersome, troublesome, burdensome, backbreaking, not easy, wearisome, onerous,… …

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  • 60deep — 1. adjective 1) a deep ravine Syn: cavernous, yawning, gaping, huge, extensive; bottomless, fathomless, unfathomable Ant: shallow 2) two inches deep Syn …

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