Vocabulary Mnemonics

If you’re looking for a “cloak and dagger” word to add to your toolkit, this word is for you.

Surreptitious means “stealthy, clandestine, or something done in secret.”

A surreptitious meeting… surreptitiously entering a building… surreptitiously sending an email under the desk… these are ways you can use surreptitious in a sentence.

Mnemonic

Here’s how you can remember this word: Imagine you’re a ninja. It’s the middle of the night. You’re dressed head to toe in black, clinging to the outside wall of an apartment building, hoping to avoid detection.

Suddenly, you hear a police officer yell to the chief, “sir, up there!”

It’s then that you realize your days of sir-up [there]-titious activities are over.