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Quick definitions from WordNet (secret)

▸ noun:  information known only to a special group ("The secret of Cajun cooking")
▸ 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")
▸ noun:  something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained ("It remains one of nature's secrets")
▸ adjective:  communicated covertly ("Their a secret signal was a wink")
▸ adjective:  not open or public; kept private or not revealed ("A secret formula")
▸ adjective:  the next to highest level of official classification for documents
▸ adjective:  not expressed ("Secret (or private) thoughts")
▸ adjective:  indulging only covertly
▸ adjective:  designed to elude detection ("A secret passage")
▸ adjective:  not openly made known ("A secret marriage")
▸ adjective:  (of information) given in confidence or in secret ("Their secret communications")
▸ adjective:  hidden from general view or use ("A secret garden")
▸ adjective:  having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding ("The secret learning of the ancients")
▸ adjective:  conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods ("Secret missions")

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