SAT vocabulary
Surreptitious
Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
Example
"He took a surreptitious glance at his watch during the boring lecture, hoping no one would notice."
Etymology
From Latin *surreptitius* 'stolen, clandestine,' from *subripere* 'to snatch away secretly.'
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