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enigma noun

/ɪˈnɪg.mə/ n [C]
something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely
She is a bit of an enigma.
The newspapers were full of stories about the enigma of Lord Lucan's disappearance.

(Definition of enigma noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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