riddle

riddle
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1. puzzle, puzzler, poser, conundrum; code, cryptogram, cryptograph; rhymed puzzle, anagram, logogriph, word game, acrostic, Trademark. Double-Crostic, crossword puzzle, Inf. crossword, diagramless puzzle, Inf. diagramless; charade, guessing game; Chinese puzzle, Inf. hard nut to crack, Inf. brain teaser, Inf. mind-boggier, Inf. stumper, Inf. floorer.
2. enigma, mystery, secret, arcanum, question, question mark; mysterious person, closed or sealed book, Latin, terra incognita. unexplored ground or territory; oracle, dark saying, riddle of the Sphinx, obscure statement, ambiguity, equivoque; hidden meaning, occult meaning, symbolic meaning, anagoge.
3. dilemma, problem, quandary, plight, predicament, Inf. pickle, Inf. jam, Inf. fix; Inf. tight spot, box, bind, double-bind, strait; catch-22, vicious circle, cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley, impasse, standstill, stalemate, deadlock; difficult choice, Fr. embarras de choix. tough question; entanglement, intricacy.
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4. speak enigmatically or cryptically.
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1. pierce, perforate, fill with holes, fill full of holes; honeycomb, punch; pepper with shot or buckshot.
2. screen, sift, separate, filter, strain; refine, winnow, pick, comb, weed, sort through.
3. permeate, pervade, penetrate, fill, diffuse, spread.

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