Equivocal and Intelligible

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

Usage example: his demand that I promptly pay what I owe him ended with the equivocal threat “or else”

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Intelligible is an antonym for equivocal.

Intelligible adjective - Capable of being understood.

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Equivocal is an antonym for intelligible in understandable topic.

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