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occult

adj. mysterious, incomprehensible, or secret. The term is mainly applied to certain esoteric traditions of magical belief and practice (see magic) but is sometimes used in reference to other alleged phenomena that cannot be explained in either everyday or scientific terms, such as premonitory dreams, clairvoyance, and telepathic communications (see telepathy). —occultism n. —occultist n.

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exhaustive

adj. complete or all encompassing. For example, a set of 13 hearts, 13 spades, 13 diamonds, 13 clubs, and two jokers forms an exhaustive set of all possible playing cards that could be drawn.