4
close(obscure, dark, secret, unknown, hidden)
4
fine(adjective, exact, discriminating)
4
hermetic(adjective, obscure, dark, deep, mysterious)
4
knotty(adjective, hard, fancy, evil, obscure)
4
latent(adjective, obscure, dark, secret, unknown)
4
opaque
4
pedantic(adjective, sound, obscure, complex, knowledgeable)
4
remote(new, unknown, untried)
4
scholarly(adjective, obscure, complex, deep, rational)
4
transcendental(strange, intellectual, abstract, theoretical, abstruse)
4
unfamiliar(adjective, strange, new, different, unknown)
4
unknown(obscure, dark, new, deep, secret)
3
ambiguous(obscure, dark, uncertain, mysterious, unknown)
3
clandestine(adjective, secret, unknown, hidden, underground)
3
cryptical
3
secluded(adjective, obscure, dark, secret, unknown)
3
undecipherable
3
veiled(adjective, obscure, mysterious, secret, hidden)
3
weighty(deep, thoughtful, reflective)
2
Byzantine(adjective, hard, fancy, obscure, difficult)
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