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LESSON # 25

Is anybody there? Is anything there?

Words Relating to Being Sneaky or Hardly Noticeable

Secret ClusterClandestineSurreptitiouslyStealthyCovertFurtive

CLANDESTINE

SecretHiddenConcealed (adj.)

CLANDESTINEDuring the party, Gia and Jason

stole away into the woods for a CLANDESTINE rendezvous.

It was important to keep the operation CLANDESTINE to protect our undercover agents.

COVERT, adj.

SecretHiddenUndercover

COVERTThe administration’s COVERT plan to

overthrow the revel leader failed because top secret government documents fell into the wrong hands.

Under the cover of darkness, the workers slipped COVERTLY over the border.

FURTIVE, adj.

In a hidden or secret manner

FURTIVEJane and Henry didn’t know that I

observed them exchanging FURIVE glances in biology class.

Before Ben stole a FURTIVE glance at Marge’s answer sheet, he made sure no one was looking.

INCONSPICUOUS

Adj. hardly noticeable

INCONSPICUOUSThe birthmark on Lilly’s cheek

was noticeable at birth, but as she grew older it became more and more INCONSPICUOUS.

CONSPICUOUS

CONSPICUOUS

CONSPICUOUS

SLYAdj. Underhanded; furtive

SLYUsing a SLY line of questions,

Ben tricked the witness into revealing the true story.

All summer, Jojo played pool on the SLY. In September no one realized how skillful he’d become.

STEALTHY, adj.

--secret--hidden--hard to detect

STEALTHYThe airplane known as the

STEALTH bomber lives up to its name by eluding radar detection.

SURREPTITIOUS

Adj. done or made in a secret, stealthy way

SURREPTITIOUSDuring the test, Damian

SURREPTITIOUSLY studied the answer sheet he had taped to his hand.

Using SURREPTITIOUS methods, the terrorists planted the bomb in the railway station.

UNOBSTRUSIVE

Adj. inconspicuous; not easily noticed

UNOBTRUSIVEThere was nothing UNOBTRUSIVE

about Tina’s earrings; they were the size of golf balls.

The table stood UNOBTRUSIVELY in a corner for years until Aunt Rhoda noticed that it was a valuable antique.

OBTRUSIVE!