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Usage

• surreal

  A situation or experience that is surreal is so strange, so abnormal, or so disturbing that it seems like something from a dream.

• surreptitious

  A surreptitious deed is done secretly to avoid bringing any attention to it.

• surrogate

  A surrogate is someone who temporarily takes the place of another person, usually acting as a representative because that person is not available to or cannot carry out a task.