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.
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implication | something implied: such as |
bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
vendetta | blood feud |
corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
besiege | to surround with armed forces |