Inscrutable
Inscrutable adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
Usage example: the many inscrutable beliefs of that ancient religion
Nearby Word: inscrutability
Obvious
Obvious adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Inscrutable is an antonym for obvious.
Nearby Words: obviously, obviousness
Both words in one sentence
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This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: Penny has to make her hero debut without Ray and Claire, since it would be too obvious that they were the Inscrutable Machine if they all appeared together.
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