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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savorthe taste or smell of something
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hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
searbeing dried and withered
minatoryhaving a menacing quality
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
dawdleto spend time idly
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