Explain and Perplex

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Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Perplex is an antonym for explain in make clear topic.
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

Perplex

Perplex verb - To make complex or difficult.
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Explain is an antonym for perplex in confuse topic.
Nearby Words: perplexity, perplexing, perplexedly
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  • Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory This is satirized by Frederick Crews in The Pooh Perplex, a collection of mock-literary essays proposing to explain the symbolism of Winnie-the-Pooh according to various literary critical theories such as Marxist, Freudian, Christian, Leavisite and Fiedlerian approaches.
    Source: Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory
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