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648 lines
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{
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"opaque":{
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"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
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"examples":[
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"somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambiguous",
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"arcane",
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"cryptic",
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"dark",
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"deep",
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"Delphic",
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"double-edged",
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"elliptical",
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"elliptic",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"equivocal",
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"fuliginous",
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"inscrutable",
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"murky",
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"mysterious",
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"mystic",
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"nebulous",
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"obscure",
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"occult"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abstruse",
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"esoteric",
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"recondite",
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"cloaked",
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"concealed",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"shrouded",
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"beclouded",
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"bedimmed",
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"befogged",
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"clouded",
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"cloudy",
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"dim",
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"faint",
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"foggy",
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"fuzzy",
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"hazy",
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"indistinct",
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"indistinguishable",
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"misty",
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"muddy",
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"obfuscatory",
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"obnubilated",
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"obscurant",
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"obscurantic",
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"shaded",
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"shadowlike",
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"shadowy",
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"sphinxlike",
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"indefinite",
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"inexact",
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"inexplicit",
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"noncommittal",
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"questionable",
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"unclear",
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"uncertain",
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"undefined",
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"undetermined",
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"vague",
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"impenetrable",
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"incomprehensible",
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"indecipherable",
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"inexplicable",
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"eerie",
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"eery",
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"uncanny",
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"weird",
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"impalpable",
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"inappreciable",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"unanswerable",
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"unknowable",
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"baffling",
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"bewildering",
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"confounding",
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"confusing",
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"mystifying",
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"perplexing",
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"puzzling",
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"unfathomable",
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"circuitous",
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"indirect",
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"roundabout",
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"complex",
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"complicated",
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"difficult",
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"obtuse"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comprehensible",
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"fathomable",
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"intelligible",
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"knowable",
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"legible",
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"pellucid",
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"understandable",
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"bright",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"self-evident",
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"self-explanatory",
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"certain",
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"firm",
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"strong",
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"sure",
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"defined",
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"determined",
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"direct",
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"straightforward",
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"definite",
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"exact",
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"explicit",
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"appreciable",
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"palpable",
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"tangible",
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"visible",
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"blatant",
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"patent",
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"unmistakable"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accessible",
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"clear",
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"nonambiguous",
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"obvious",
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"plain",
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"unambiguous",
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"unequivocal"
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]
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},
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"not seen or understood clearly":{
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"examples":[
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"an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blear",
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"bleary",
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"blurry",
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"dim",
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"faint",
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"foggy",
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"fuzzy",
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"gauzy",
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"hazy",
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"indefinite",
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"indistinct",
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"indistinguishable",
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"misty",
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"murky",
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"nebulous",
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"obscure",
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"pale",
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"shadowy",
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"unclear",
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"undefined",
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"undetermined",
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"vague"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dark",
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"dusky",
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"gloomy",
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"impalpable",
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"inappreciable",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"hieroglyphic",
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"hieroglyphical",
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"incomprehensible",
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"indecipherable",
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"indiscernible",
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"inexplicable",
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"mysterious",
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"obfuscatory",
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"puzzling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bright",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"obvious",
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"plain",
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"certain",
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"firm",
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"strong",
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"sure"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"definite",
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"pellucid"
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]
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},
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"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
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"examples":[
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"people are sometimes rude to her, but fortunately she's too opaque to realize what's happening"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"bonehead",
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"boneheaded",
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"brain-dead",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"fatuous",
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"gormless",
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"half-witted",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mindless",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"pinheaded",
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"senseless",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"stupid",
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"thick",
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"thick-witted",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"unsmart",
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"vacuous",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cretinous",
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"feebleminded",
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"simpleminded",
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"boobish",
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"foolish",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"moronic",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"lowbrow",
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"uneducated",
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"uninformed",
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"unintellectual",
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"untaught",
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"unthinking",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"half-baked",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"silly",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"zany",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ingenious",
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"resourceful",
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"acute",
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"astute",
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"discerning",
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"insightful",
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"keen",
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"knowing",
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"perceptive",
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"percipient",
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"perspicacious",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sapient",
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"savvy",
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"wise",
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"cerebral",
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"erudite",
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"highbrow",
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"intellectual",
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"knowledgeable",
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"learned",
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"literate",
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"scholarly",
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"thinking",
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"well-read",
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"educated",
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"informed",
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"schooled",
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"skilled",
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"trained",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"foxy",
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"shrewd",
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"wily",
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"apt",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"clever",
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"fast",
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"hyperintelligent",
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"intelligent",
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"keen",
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"nimble",
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"quick",
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"quick-witted",
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"sharp",
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"sharp-witted",
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"smart",
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"supersmart",
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"ultrasmart"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"opalescently":{
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"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blindingly",
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"flaringly",
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"flickeringly",
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"glaringly",
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"glitteringly",
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"blazingly",
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"burningly",
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"flamingly",
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"pellucidly",
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"bright",
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"brightly",
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"brilliantly",
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"dazzlingly",
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"fulgently",
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"glowingly",
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"incandescently",
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"lambently",
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"luminously",
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"lustrously",
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"radiantly",
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"splendidly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dimly",
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"dully",
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"darkly",
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"duskily",
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"gloomily",
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"murkily",
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"obscurely",
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"somberly",
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"cloudily",
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"shadily",
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"shadowily"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"opaqueness":{
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"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
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"examples":[
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"the opaqueness of the narrative will not bother readers more interested in complex characters than in a gripping yarn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambiguity",
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"ambiguousness",
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"darkness",
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"equivocalness",
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"equivocation",
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"inscrutability",
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"inscrutableness",
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"murkiness",
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"mysteriousness",
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"nebulosity",
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"nebulousness",
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"obliqueness",
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"obliquity",
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"obscurity",
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"opacity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mystery",
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"reconditeness",
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"cloudiness",
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"dimness",
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"faintness",
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"fogginess",
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"fuzziness",
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"haziness",
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"indefiniteness",
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"indistinctness",
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"mistiness",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"uncertainty",
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"vagueness",
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"impenetrability",
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"incomprehensibility",
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"incomprehensibleness",
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"circuitousness",
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"circuity",
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"indirectness",
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"deepness",
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"depth",
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"profoundness",
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"abstruseness",
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"abstrusity",
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"complexity",
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"complication",
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"difficulty",
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"obtuseness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comprehensibility",
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"intelligibility",
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"legibility",
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"brightness",
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"distinctness",
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"self-evidence",
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"certainty",
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"surety",
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"definiteness",
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"exactness",
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"explicitness",
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"incision",
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"incisiveness",
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"lucidity",
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"lucidness",
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"perspicuity",
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"perspicuousness",
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"directness",
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"forthrightness",
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"openness",
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"straightforwardness",
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"palpability",
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"tangibility",
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"tangibleness",
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"visibility",
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"readability",
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"readableness",
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"obviousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clarity",
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"clearness",
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"obviousness",
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"plainness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"opacity":{
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"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
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"examples":[
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"the opacity of the abstract painter's works simply baffles many gallery visitors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambiguity",
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"ambiguousness",
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"darkness",
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"equivocalness",
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"equivocation",
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"inscrutability",
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"inscrutableness",
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"murkiness",
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"mysteriousness",
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"nebulosity",
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"nebulousness",
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"obliqueness",
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"obliquity",
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"obscurity",
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"opaqueness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mystery",
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"reconditeness",
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"cloudiness",
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"dimness",
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"faintness",
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"fogginess",
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"fuzziness",
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"haziness",
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"indefiniteness",
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"indistinctness",
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"mistiness",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"uncertainty",
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"vagueness",
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"impenetrability",
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"incomprehensibility",
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"incomprehensibleness",
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"circuitousness",
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"circuity",
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"indirectness",
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"deepness",
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"depth",
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"profoundness",
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"abstruseness",
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"abstrusity",
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"complexity",
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"complication",
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"difficulty",
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"obtuseness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comprehensibility",
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"intelligibility",
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"legibility",
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"brightness",
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"distinctness",
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"self-evidence",
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"certainty",
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"surety",
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"definiteness",
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"exactness",
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"explicitness",
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"incision",
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"incisiveness",
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"lucidity",
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"lucidness",
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"perspicuity",
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"perspicuousness",
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"directness",
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"forthrightness",
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"openness",
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"straightforwardness",
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"palpability",
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"tangibility",
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"tangibleness",
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"visibility",
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"readability",
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"readableness",
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"obviousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clarity",
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"clearness",
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"obviousness",
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"plainness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"opalescent":{
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"having a rainbowlike play of colors":{
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"examples":[
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"once given away as a cheap prize at carnivals, this opalescent glass is now highly prized by collectors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"iridescent",
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"nacreous",
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"pearlescent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chatoyant",
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"colorful",
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"motley",
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"multicolored",
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"polychromatic",
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"polychrome",
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"varicolored",
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"variegated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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}
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} |