SAT vocabulary
Unravel
to undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads); to investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).
Example
"The team of cryptographers worked tirelessly to unravel the enemy's coded messages."
Etymology
From Middle English 'un' (not) + 'ravel' (to tangle).
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