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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WordMeaning
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
legislaturea body of persons having the power to legislate
juntaa council or committee for political or governmental purposes
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
concertedmutually contrived or agreed on
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district