āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
cryptic
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āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϧā§āϝ
having mysterious and puzzling characteristics
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her smile held a cryptic meaning that intrigued those around her.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ
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āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϧā§āϝ
brief but mysterious and difficult to understand
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her cryptic response left everyone guessing about her true intentions.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻ
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āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϧā§āϝ
(of a crossword) having clues that are not understood very easily
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She enjoyed solving cryptic clues that twisted common phrases into hidden meanings.
āϏ⧠āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻ
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āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ, āĻāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āĻļā§
having a color, pattern, or behavior that allows an animal to blend seamlessly into its environment, making it hard to detect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cryptic coloration of the snake helps it hide in the underbrush.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
cryptic
crypt
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