Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alter | No | No | Yes | No |
obscure | No | Yes | Yes | No |
alter (adjective) | obscure (adjective) |
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difficult to find | |
marked by difficulty of style or expression | |
not drawing attention | |
not famous or acclaimed | |
not clearly expressed or understood | |
remote and separate physically or socially |
alter (verb) | obscure (verb) |
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remove the ovaries of | make unintelligible or unclear |
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa |
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred |
make an alteration to | make less visible or unclear |