Related Words for clandestine

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undercover
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
covert
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
surreptitious
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Noun, Adjective
secret
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
underground
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Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
on the quiet
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Phrase, Verb, Adverb
illicit
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Noun
secretive
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Adjective
furtive
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Adjective
shadowy
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Adjective
sinister
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Adjective
nefarious
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Adjective
abortive
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Adjective
subversive
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Adjective
subterfuge
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Noun
diabolical
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Adjective
subterranean
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Adjective
unsavory
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Adjective
guerrilla
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Noun
extralegal
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Adjective
diabolic
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Adjective
illegal
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Adjective
renegade
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Noun
private
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Adjective
guerilla
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Noun
wartime
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Noun
backroom
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Noun
unorthodox
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Adjective
spying
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Noun
paramilitary
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Adjective
conspiratorial
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Adjective
seedy
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Adjective
rogue
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Noun
murderous
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Adjective
shady
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Adjective
sordid
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Adjective
intercontinental
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Name
espionage
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Noun
occult
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Noun
felonious
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Adjective
duplicitous
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Adjective
infiltrate
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Noun
scandalous
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Adjective
smuggling
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Noun
operative
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Adjective, Noun
stealthy
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Adjective
satanic
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Name
cartel
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Noun
unauthorized
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Adjective
transnational
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Noun
offshoot
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Noun
obscure
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Adjective
devious
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Adjective
dirty
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Adjective
withheld
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Verb
scheming
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Noun
ulterior
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Noun
complicit
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Verb
disguised
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Adjective
outlawed
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Verb
sneaky
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Adjective
oblique
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Adjective
untoward
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Adjective
crooked
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Adjective
cheating
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Noun
perverse
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Adjective
deceitful
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Adjective
forbidden
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Verb
insidious
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Adjective
illegitimate
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Adjective
unlawful
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Adjective
unethical
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Adjective
criminal
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Noun
indecent
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Adjective
prohibited
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Verb
underhanded
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Adjective
perdu
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Noun
abandoned
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Verb
ineffable
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Adjective
shifty
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Adjective
improper
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Adjective
inscrutable
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Adjective
indelicate
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Adjective
unpopular
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Adjective
treacherous
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Adjective
disappeared
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Verb
underage
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Adjective
naughty
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Adjective
incorrect
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Adjective
profane
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Noun
depraved
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Adjective
feigned
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Adjective
dishonest
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Adjective
nasty
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Adjective
creative
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Adjective
ineligible
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Adjective
inappropriate
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Adjective
timeless
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Adjective
cheap
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Adjective
murky
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Adjective
misused
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Verb
fraudulent
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Adjective
black
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Name
unfaithful
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Adjective
wrongful
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Adjective
telltale
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Adjective
iniquitous
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Adjective
abusive
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Adjective
muddy
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Adjective
suspect
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Noun
lawless
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Noun
unclean
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Adjective
untruthful
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Adjective
reticent
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Adjective
aberrant
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Adjective
laced
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Adjective
sharp
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Adjective
fictitious
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Adjective
ungodly
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Adjective
mistrustful
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Adjective
bootleg
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Noun
perverted
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Adjective
artful
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Adjective
bogus
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Adjective
malicious
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Adjective
obtuse
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Adjective
mislaid
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Verb
sacred
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Adjective
unkindly
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Adverb
undue
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Adjective
dastardly
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Adjective
miscreant
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Noun
prostitution
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Noun
rendezvous
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Noun
labs
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Noun
excavators
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Noun
adultery
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Noun
diggers
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Noun
radios
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Noun
prostitute
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Noun
rearmament
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Noun
marriages
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Noun
digging
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Noun
transmitters
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Noun
liaisons
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Noun
cemeteries
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Noun
broadcasts
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Noun
courtship
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Noun
meetings
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Noun
affair
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Noun
organizing
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Noun
importation
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Noun
laboratories
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Noun
leaflets
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Noun
emigration
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Noun
presses
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Noun
operations
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Noun
alms
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Noun
animate
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Verb, Adjective
autonomous
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Adjective
backdoor
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Noun, Verb
classified
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Adjective, Noun
closed
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Adjective
company
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Noun, Verb
con
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Noun, Verb
confidential
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Adjective
diplomatic
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Adjective, Noun
discrete
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Adjective
feudal
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Adjective
foreign
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Adjective, Name
haphazard
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
hidden
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Adjective, Noun
hold
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
informal
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Adjective
interdenominational
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Adjective
interfaith
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Adjective
interracial
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Adjective
intertribal
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Adjective
intrinsic
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Adjective, Noun
irregular
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Noun, Adjective
literary
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Adjective
mercantile
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Adjective
natural
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
nonviolent
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Adjective
personal
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Adjective, Noun
petty
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Adjective, Noun
privacy
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Noun
pro
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Adjective, Noun
random
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Adjective, Noun
regularized
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Verb
routinized
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Adjective
secrecy
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Noun
sri
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Name
tender
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
undeclared
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Adjective
undisclosed
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Adjective
undocumented
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Adjective, Noun
unmarked
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Adjective
unofficial
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Adjective
unrecorded
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Adjective
unreported
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Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective