Day 01 - 3

* candid : speaking truthfully and honestly, even about something difficult

  - frank, forthright, sincere, truthful

  - candor : honesty, frankness, sincerity, 

  - candidness

  - candidly

  - frank, sincere, honest, straightforward, forthright, downright, outright, upright, outspoken, veracious, plain

  - I take it that you have been quite candid with me.

  - They were talking of personal matters with unusual candor.

* dormant : not active now but having the ability to be active later

  - inactive, in a sleeping condition, resting

  - latent, potential

  - dormancy

  - dormitory

  - Scientists discovered recently that the virus is dormant in most brain tissue.

  - The artist's talent for painting was dormant until his teacher discovered it.

  - Many people disliked the plan, but opposition remained dormant because nobody could think of a better one.

* ambiguous : not clearly stated or defined / having more than one possible meaning

  - uncertain, equivocal, obscure, unclear, doubtful, dubious, vague

  - ambiguity

  - unambiguous

  - equivocal

  - This is third time today dad has given us an ambiguous reply.

  - His ambiguous directions misled us; we did not know which road to take.

* obscure : not clearly understood or expressed / not well known / to make something unclear or difficult to understand

  - hidden, murky, indistinct, vague (obvious, apparent)

  - hidden, unknown

  - block, hide

  - obscurity

  - obscurely

  - The student's writing is so obscure that it is very hard to understand.

  - He is working on an obscure poet in the eighteenth century.

  - His musical ability has been obscured by his other accomplishments.