GRE Word List
CLANDESTINE
marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
The meaning of the word clandestine is marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| reckon | count |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |