CRYPTIC
\kɹˈɪptɪk], \kɹˈɪptɪk], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of CRYPTIC
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of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
By Princeton University
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