For example, When I asked him what he thought he obfuscated (gave me a vague and cryptic answer that I didn’t understand). I felt at the time he didn’t really know the answer and just wanted me to leave him alone.

ob·fus·cate /ˈɒbfəˌskeɪt, ɒbˈfʌskeɪt/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.

1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.

2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.

3. to darken.

-to cause confusion

-to make obscure