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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| Word | Meaning |
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| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
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