Explicable and Hopeless

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Explicable adjective - Capable of having the reason for or cause of determined.

Usage example: the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence

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Hopeless is an antonym for explicable.

Hopeless adjective - Not capable of being cured or reformed.

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Explicable is an antonym for hopeless.

Nearby Words: hope, hopeful, hopelessness, hopelessly

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