Cryptic and Certain

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Cryptic adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.

Usage example: the oracle offered only cryptic predictions that could be interpreted any number of different ways

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Certain is an antonym for cryptic in secret topic.

Certain adjective - Known but not named.

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Cryptic is an antonym for certain.

Nearby Words: certainty, certainly

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