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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unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
hierarchy | a division of angels |
dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
fallible | liable to be erroneous |
demolition | the act of demolishing |
tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |