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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |