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arcane

/ɑɹˈkeɪn/
adjective
  1. Understood by only a few.

    "arcane rituals"

    Similar: esoteric

  2. (by extension) Obscure, mysterious.

    "arcane details"

    Similar: clandestine, enigmatic, esoteric, recondite

  3. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.

Synonymsclandestine, enigmatic, esoteric, recondite, esoteric
Antonymsmundane

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