secret
/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/ noun A2- A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. · "Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I."
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack. · The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
- Something not understood or known.
- Private seclusion. · The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
- A form of steel skullcap.
- Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
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Was there any romance, anything secret or mysterious, about the wedding?”
He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it.
He imagined that some secret society, some implacable organization, was on Douglas’s track, which would never rest until it killed him.
He could only suppose that the legend upon the placard had some reference to this secret society.
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