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Adjective Satellite
not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
Adjective Satellite
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
Adjective Satellite
not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
Adjective Satellite
communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
Adjective Satellite
not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
Adjective Satellite
designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
Adjective Satellite
hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
Adjective Satellite
(of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
Adjective Satellite
indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic"
Adjective Satellite
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
Adjective Satellite
the next to highest level of official classification for documents
Noun
something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
Noun
information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
Noun
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature''s secrets"
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