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  • 31secret — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Kept private Nouns secret; dead secret, profound secret; mystery; sealed or closed book; skeleton in the closet; confidence; hidden agenda; problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle, crossword puzzle, [double]… …

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  • 32secret — [[t]si͟ːkrɪt[/t]] ♦♦ secrets 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n, v n ADJ, v link ADJ If something is secret, it is known about by only a small number of people, and is not told or shown to anyone else. → See also top secret Soldiers have been training at a… …

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  • 33secret — secretly, adv. secretness, n. /see krit/, adj. 1. done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations. 2. kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password. 3. faithful or cautious in… …

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  • 34secret — 1. adjective 1) a secret plan Syn: confidential, top secret, classified, undisclosed, unknown, private, under wraps; informal hush hush; formal sub rosa Ant: public, known 2) a secret drawer in the table …

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  • 35secret — adj. & n. adj. 1 kept or meant to be kept private, unknown, or hidden from all or all but a few. 2 acting or operating secretly. 3 fond of, prone to, or able to preserve secrecy. 4 (of a place) hidden, completely secluded. n. 1 a thing kept or… …

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  • 36secret — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French secré, secret, from Latin secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, distinguish, from se apart + cernere to sift more at secede, certain Date: 14th century 1. a. kept from… …

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  • 37secret*/*/ — [ˈsiːkrət] noun [C] I 1) a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people I can t tell you what she said – it s a secret.[/ex] Can you promise to keep a secret (= not tell… …

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  • 38Secret — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Secret >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 secret secret Sgm: N 1 dead secret dead secret profound secret Sgm: N 1 arcanum arcanum mystery Sgm: N 1 latency latency &c. 526 Sgm: N 1 Asian mystery …

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  • 39secret — se•cret [[t]ˈsi krɪt[/t]] adj. 1) done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others 2) kept from general knowledge: a secret password[/ex] 3) carrying out activities in a manner that prevents them from being observed or detected: a secret… …

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  • 40secrèt — 1. secrèt m. secret. Lo secrèt de casau; lo secrèt de la sàuvia : un secret de polichinelle > « Aprenguèron la novo de l amountagnàgi à tout soun mounde. Mai èro lou secret de la sàuvi. » P.Testa 2. a, secrèt, o adj. secret, ète. A la secreta …

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