Vocab 5 - SMSU College Comp

abscond

to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law, to flee

recondite

difficult to understand, hidden from understanding, obscure

cryptic

hard to understand, having a secret meaning, unclear

apocryphal

coming from an unreliable source, untrue, unauthenticated

aperture

an opening or a hole

overt

public, unhidden, open, observable

covert

done in a hidden or secret manner, stealthy

context

the circumstances or setting surrounding an event

subtext

the hidden or underlying meaning of something

pretext

a stated reason for doing something, an excuse, a ploy