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 |
|---|---|
| imprecation | curse |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |