What's in a word?  That which we call a noun
By any other letters, could we not tweet?
Would not an adjective, were it not a type of descriptor,
Convey the look to the eyes and the smell to the nose
Without those vowels.  Verbs, gerunds, participles;
Were it not for thee, there would be no action.
Take all the letters and be free.

Or, something like that.

Over the last month I've heard the word "Clandestine" three times, but I never knew just what it meant.  Granted, I didn't put a lot of thought into the exact context the word was used, but I thought I had a vague idea of what it meant.  Maybe something like great, magnificent, significant, or grand.  It's something big; something people will be talking about tomorrow. 

Nope.  I was wrong.  Clandestine refers to something conducted in secrecy, or behind closed doors.  As in this sentence:

At 3am, the vegetarians held a clandestine gathering at the dinner table where they partook of leg of lamb and filet mignon.