GRE Word List
FURTIVE
done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
The meaning of the word furtive is done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| nexus | connection |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |