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obnubilate

verbCommon GRE wordMore O words

to darken, dim, or obscure as if with a cloud

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Obnubilate in a sentence

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Vague legal language can obnubilate the very rights it claims to protect.

Synonyms
obscureclouddarkenbefog
Antonyms
clarifyilluminatebrighten

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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Obnubilate (verb) means to darken, dim, or obscure as if with a cloud
Here is obnubilate used in an example sentence: "Vague legal language can obnubilate the very rights it claims to protect."
Common synonyms for obnubilate include obscure, cloud, darken, befog.
Antonyms of obnubilate include clarify, illuminate, brighten.
Obnubilate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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