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 |
|---|---|
| historic | historical |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |