Decoding Secrets: Vocabulary for Espionage Enthusiasts
Decoding Secrets: A Vocabulary Guide
Here’s a collection of terms related to secrets, espionage, and related activities:
- My lips are sealed: Expression used when we promise to keep a secret.
- To let the cat out of the bag: To bring a secret to light.
- To spill the beans: To unintentionally reveal a secret.
- To keep a poker face: When we don’t know what someone is thinking about.
- To decode: To finally decipher and read a hidden message.
- To crack: To be able to enter somewhere apparently secret.
- Code-Breakers: People that hack codes.
- Hackers: People who gain illegal information.
- To assemble: To get together in a place.
- Contestant: The participants in a contest.
- To get in touch: To be in contact with someone.
- Top secret code breaker: Top secret code hackers.
- Infamous: Someone or something that is notorious for something negative.
- To decipher: To finally be able to decode an apparently difficult message.
- Puzzle-solvers: People who are able to decipher a puzzle.
- To require: A verb that means “to need.”
- To provide: To “give.”
- Ahead of time: Doing something before the established time.
- Casualties: People who have been seriously injured or killed.
- Grid: Shape with four ending.
- Headquarters: A special place for something.
- To succeed: To shine/ to be extremely good at something.
- To lead to: To carry someone to a situation.
- Unconventional: Not convenient.
- To recruit: To have someone in prison or locked somewhere.
- To be self-taught: To learn something by yourself.
- To be suited: To be made for.
- Geniuses: People who are extremely intelligent.
- Cyberwarfare: An online attack situation.
- To disrupt: Interrupt.
- Threat: Something that can be harmful to someone.
- Cyberwarfare: An online attack.
- Pastimes: Activities done to pass the time.
- Parade: A public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event.
- Lead to: Guide to.
- Apply for: To try or ask for something.
- Suit to: Adapt to.
- Heard of: To listen about something not so much.
- Heard about: To listen about something more.
- Concentrate on: To focus on something.
- Believe in: To relieve on something that you think.
- Search for: Try to find something.
- Agree with: To think, defend.. the same thing with someone.
- Depending on: Something that varies whether the situation requires it.
- Remind of: To remember something.
- Argue with: To have a discussion with someone.
- Argue about: To have a discussion about something.
- Care for: To protect someone.
- Care about: To protect something.
- Apologise for: To say sorry for doing something.
- Apologise to: To say sorry to someone.
- To have the right to: When you are legally supported to do something.
- To be an invasion of privacy: Not giving the others the space they need.
- To be hazardous: Exposing one to risk/ a challenging activity.
- To be dishonest: Behave in an unreliable way.
- To be risky: Possibility of danger.
- To blame someone for: To accuse someone of doing something wrong.
- To conceal: Not tell someone information or not tell the truth about it.
- Sneaky: It refers to someone who does something in a hidden way, not considering the people around.
- To reveal: Tell someone something (a secret).
- To warn: Inform someone in advance of a possible danger.
- To secure: Certain to remain safe.
- To be suspicious: When you don´t trust someone at all.
- To be illegal: Do things you mustn´t do/ not legally acceptable/to be forbidden.
- To trust: When you are confidence to someone.
- To be cautious: Be careful about things you do.