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Clandestine |
done secretive, especially to deceive |
I met the secret agent in an alleyway, where she handed me the plans for the clandestine operation. |
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Ingenuous |
lacking in cunning guile, or worldliness |
Janine was so ingenuous that it was too easy for her friends to dupe her. |
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Subterfuge |
a deceptive stratagem or device |
The submarine pilots were trained in the art of subterfuge; they were excellent at faking out their enemies. |
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Surreptitious |
Secretive; sneaky |
Sara drank the cough syrup surreptitiously because she didn't want anyone to know that she was sick. |
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Dearth |
scarce supply; lack |
There was dearth of money in my pig bank; it collected dust, not bills. |
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Modicum |
a small, moderate, or token amount |
A modicum of effort may result in a small score improvemen; in order to improve significantly, however, you must study as often as possible. |
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Paucity |
Smallness in number; scarcity |
The struggling city had a paucity of resources and therefore a high level of poverty. |
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Squander |
to spend wastefully |
Carrie squandered her savings on shoes and wasn't able to buy her apartment. |
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Temperate |
moderate; restrained |
Temperate climates rarely experience extremes in temperature. |
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Tenuous |
having little substance or strength; shaky |
Her grasp on reality is tenuous at best; she's not even sure what year it is. |
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Diligent |
marked by painstaking effort; hardworking |
With diligent effort, they were able to finish the model airplane in record time. |
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Maverick |
one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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In the movie Top Gun, Tom Cruise played a Maverick who often broke rules and did things his own way. |
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Mercenary |
motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain (when used as an adjective) ; a professional soldier (when used as a noun)
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During the war, Mercer was a mercenary; he'd fight for whichever side paid him the most for his services. |
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Obstinate |
stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action |
Despite Jeremy ' broken leg, his parents were obstinate; they steadfastly refused to buy him an Xbox. |
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Proliferate |
to grow or increase rapidly |
Because fax machines, pagers, and cell phones have proliferated in recent years, many net area codes have been created to handle the demand for phone numbers. |
