SAT vocabulary

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretly, especially because illicit.

Example

"The clandestine meeting of the conspirators took place in a dimly lit, unmarked warehouse."

Etymology

From Latin *clandestinus* 'secret, hidden,' from *clam* 'secretly.'

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