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If you adulterate something, you lessen its quality by adding inferior ingredients or elements to it.

To adumbrate is to describe something incompletely or to suggest future events based on limited current knowledge.

An apocryphal story is widely known but probably not true.

If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts, arguments, and ideas clearly and effectively.

When one thing belies a second, it hides the true situation, producing a false idea or impression about that second thing.

If you are bemused, you are puzzled and confused; hence, you are lost or absorbed in puzzling thought.

If something confounds you, it makes you feel surprised and confused, often because it does not meet your predefined expectations.

When you decipher a message or piece of writing, you work out what it says, even though it is very difficult to read or understand.

A denouement is the end of a book, play, or series of events when everything is explained and comes to a conclusion.

When you depict something, you illustrate it with a picture or image and/or describe it using words.

When people dissemble, they hide their real thoughts, feelings, or intentions.

To divulge something is to reveal information that was once private or secret.

If you elucidate something, you make it easier to understand by giving more relevant information.

If you ensconce yourself somewhere, you put yourself into a comfortable place or safe position and have no intention of moving or leaving for quite some time.

When you enunciate, you speak or state something clearly so that you can be easily understood.

An epiphany is the moment when someone suddenly realizes or understands something of great significance or importance.

Exegesis is a detailed explanation or interpretation of a piece of writing, especially a religious one.

One thing that exemplifies another serves as an example of it, illustrates it, or demonstrates it.

To explicate an idea or plan is to make it clear by explaining it.

When you expound something, you explain it in great detail, often taking a while to do so.

If you fathom something complicated or mysterious, you are able to understand it.

A garbled message or speech is confusing and not understandable, often because it is spoken in a hurry or is communicated with lots of accompanying noise.

If something is gilded, it has been deceptively given a more attractive appearance than it normally possesses; a very thin layer of gold often covers something gilded.

If you gloss a difficult word, phrase, or other text, you provide an explanation for it in the form of a note.

An illustrative example serves to explain or describe something, often by providing pictures.

If an idea or thought is incisive, it is expressed in a penetrating and knowledgeable manner that is clear and brief; additionally, it can demonstrate impressive understanding of related ideas or thoughts.

Someone who is speaking in an incoherent fashion cannot be understood or is very hard to understand.

If someone is lucid, they are able to understand things and think clearly; this adjective also describes writing or speech that is crystal clear and easy to understand.

A mendacious person does not tell the truth.

A misapprehension is a misunderstanding or false impression that you are under, especially concerning another person’s intentions towards you.

If you misconstrue something that has been said or something that happens, you understand or interpret it incorrectly.

If you describe something as nebulous, you mean that it is unclear, vague, and not clearly defined; a shape that is nebulous has no clear boundaries.

A parenthetical remark further explains or qualifies information.

Something that is pellucid is either extremely clear because it is transparent to the eye or it is very easy for the mind to understand.

Someone who demonstrates perspicacity notices or understands things very quickly.

If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct or honest answer, usually because you want to hide the truth or want to delay or avoid making a hard decision.

A revelation is the uncovering or telling of once-secret information that is often surprising or valuable.

A spurious statement is false because it is not based on sound thinking; therefore, it is not what it appears to be.

Something that is turbid, such as water, is muddy or cloudy because it has lots of small pieces of matter or dirt in it.

Something that is vaporous is not completely formed but foggy and misty; in the same vein, a vaporous idea is insubstantial and vague.