GRE Word List
SURREPTITIOUS
done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
The meaning of the word surreptitious is done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| retrench | cut down |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |