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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Secretive, clannish

Hi, Is it correct to understand for secretive- "wrapped in secrecy"?

What is "Clannish" here?

"Today, some people think of a powerful religious hierarchy controlling the church from the top.
These less innocent Mormons are secretive, clannish, and perhaps dangerous."
  

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Secretive = tending to conceal information. Clannish = closed to or withdrawn from people outside one's close social group.

  • Secretive = tending to conceal information.
  • Clannish = closed to or withdrawn from people outside one's close social group.
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Secretive = tending to conceal information.
Clannish = closed to or withdrawn from people outside one's close social group.

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