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Obscure

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Unclear
Vague
Uncertain
Mysterious 
Abstruse 
Recondite
Cryptic
Equivocal 
Arcane
Esoteric 
Occult
Enigmatic 
Unfathomable
Inexplicable
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Officious

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Ready to serve
Eager in offering unwanted service or advice
Bumptious
Self assertive

Antonym—
Self-effacing (not claiming attention for oneself, modest)

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Onerous

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Involving great deal of effort, trouble or difficulty 
Troublesome
Burdensome
Arduous
Strenuous
Herculean
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Ostensible

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Appearing to be true, but may not be
Seeming
Apparent
Superficial

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Offal

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Rubbish

Waste parts especially of a butchered animals

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Opaque

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Hard to understand
Dull
Non transparent

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Intrude

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Become noticeable in an unwelcoming way

To impose oneself or one’s ideas on others

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Obfuscation

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Act of making something obscure, unclear or unintelligible

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Ostentatious

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Intended to attract notice and impress others
Pretentious 
Vulgar
Tawdry
Conspicuous
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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Bootlicking

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Bootlicking

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Ostracise

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Exclude from a society or group

Boycott

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Opulence

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Great wealth or luxurious ness
Grandeur
Sumptuous (expensive looking

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action
Unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally
Stubborn
Unyielding
Intransigent
Inexorable

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Ornate

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Elaborately or highly decorated

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