secret
noun
a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people
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Secrets and secretiveness
conspiracy of silence
noun
an agreement between people to keep secret facts that should be publicly known
secrecy
noun
a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret
a well-kept secret
something that some people know about but do not share with everyone
past
noun
an earlier part of someone’s life that they keep secret because other people would not approve of it
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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