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winding(verb, adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated)
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sinuous(adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated, crooked)
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convoluted(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
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indirect(adjective, straight, immoral, bent, crooked)
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crooked(adjective, immoral, ambiguous, incidental, circuitous)
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twisted(adjective, convolution, winding)
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serpentine(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, repetition)
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anfractuous(adjective, straight, repetition, twisted, convolution)
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devious(adjective, straight, immoral, bent, crooked)
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twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, devious)
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circuitous(adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated, crooked)
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labyrinthine(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
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roundabout(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, complicated)
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involved(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
13
complicated(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
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flexuous(adjective, straight, repetition, twisted, convolution)
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Byzantine(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
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curved(adjective, twisted, winding)
12
meandering(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, ambiguous, devious)
11
zigzag(adjective, side, bent, crooked, ambiguous)
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