Friday, March 6, 2009

clandestine

clandestine

source sentence: "Washington also expanded the elaborate clandestine war agiast North Vietnam that it had begun in 1955."

context clues: example clues, inference clues, (syn.) hidden, secretive, (ant.) announced, apparent

definition: characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious

original sentence: CIA spies are usually very sneaky and clandestine.


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