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Candor is the quality of being honest and open in speech or action.
Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept a secret, often because it is illegal.
Covert activities or situations are secret and hidden.
Someone who is disingenuous is not straightforward or is dishonest in what they say or do.
Someone who is effusive expresses happiness, pleasure, admiration, praise, etc., in an extremely enthusiastic way.
Someone or something that is enigmatic is mysterious and difficult to understand.
If you exude a quality or feeling, people easily notice that you have a large quantity of it because it flows from you; if a smell or liquid exudes from something, it flows steadily and slowly from it.
People who are ingenuous are excessively trusting and believe almost everything that people tell them, especially because they have not had much life experience.
Something that is insidious is dangerous because it seems harmless or not important; nevertheless, over time it gradually develops the capacity to cause harm and damage.
Something that is latent, such as an undiscovered talent or undiagnosed disease, exists but is not active or has not developed at the moment—it may develop or become active in the future.
A munificent person is extremely generous, especially with money.
If you describe something as nebulous, you mean that it is unclear, vague, and not clearly defined; a shape that is nebulous has no clear boundaries.
An overt act is not hidden or secret but is done in an open and public way.
A patent situation is one that is wide open and unconcealed; it is both evident and obvious.
When a substance permeates something, it enters into all parts of it.
A profusion of something is a very large quantity or variety of it.
Something or someone that is prominent stands out or is noticeable in some way.
A surreptitious deed is done secretly to avoid bringing any attention to it.
If someone acts in an unobtrusive way, their actions are not easily noticed and do not stand out in any way.
Wiles are clever tricks or cunning schemes that are used to persuade someone to do what you want.
Adj.
furtive
FUR-tiv
Context
The furtive thief crept carefully and quietly through the windowpane. Wearing black clothing and moving in a silent crawl, the furtive fellow was almost completely invisible in the dark shadows of the night. The cunning crook did not want to be caught by the guards of the museum, so he furtively and sneakily proceeded with his plan to disarm the security alarm and steal the priceless painting.
Quiz:Try again!
What is an example of furtive behavior?
Sneaking into the kitchen as quietly as possible to steal a cookie.
Leaving a note for your mom where she is sure to find it.
Chasing your dog through the park after he has escaped his leash.
I'veFarted One who is fartive has to expel farts stealthily.
Examples
Thousands of them were dug in around southern Lebanon, and yet encounters with the hundreds of journalists also in the area were rare, and furtive.
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Newsweek
Baillie appears to have no neck; his bony head, squashed between his hunched shoulders, gives him a furtive, relentless quality that could scare anyone running behind him.
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Sports Illustrated
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