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Associations of "Elusiveness" (30 Words)
abstruse | Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. The professor s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them. |
allusion | The practice of making allusions. A classical allusion. |
artful | Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness. An artful choice of metaphors. |
complexity | A factor involved in a complicated process or situation. He enjoyed the complexity of modern computers. |
covert | Not openly acknowledged or displayed. A woman covert. |
crafty | Marked by skill in deception. A crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison. |
cunning | Showing inventiveness and skill. The cunning maneuvers leading to his success. |
difficult | Hard to control. A difficult task. |
esoteric | Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. A compilation of esoteric philosophical theories. |
esoterica | Esoteric or highly specialized subjects or publications. A professor of such esoterica as angelology and comparative shamanism. |
furtive | Secret and sly or sordid- A.L.Guerard. He stole a furtive glance at her. |
guile | Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. He used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in. |
impalpable | Not easily comprehended. How would anyone come to a decision about something so impalpable as personhood. |
ingenious | Showing inventiveness and skill. An ingenious solution to the problem. |
innuendo | An indirect (and usually malicious) implication. A constant torrent of innuendo gossip lies and half truths. |
insidious | Beguiling but harmful. Insidious pleasures. |
intangible | An intangible thing. Intangible business property like patents. |
manipulative | Exercising unscrupulous control or influence over a person or situation. A manipulative skill. |
nuance | Give nuances to. Without understanding the finer nuances you can t enjoy the humor. |
obscure | Make obscure or unclear. I feel an obscure resentment. |
recondite | Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. Some recondite problem in historiography. |
secretive | (of a state or activity) characterized by the concealment of intentions and information. A secretive smile. |
sly | Marked by skill in deception. A sly sip of water. |
subtle | Capable of making fine distinctions. Subtle lighting. |
subtlety | A subtle distinction, feature, or argument. You had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew. |
tricky | Marked by skill in deception. Applying eyeliner can be a tricky business. |
undercurrent | A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning. Racial undercurrents. |
undertone | A pale or subdued color. Spoke in undertones. |
vague | Lacking clarity or distinctness. Vague forms of speech have so long passed for mysteries of science. |
wily | Marked by skill in deception. A wily old attorney. |