GRE Word List
COVERT
not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
The meaning of the word covert is not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |