Word:
Reticent
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Not willing to tell people about things.
Sentences:
1) The panel decided to investigate the fraud charged against the company, which has always been reticent of its internal operations.
2) He is, by nature, a reticent person.
Origin:
Latin reticent-, reticens, present participle of reticēre which means 'to keep silent'.
First use:
circa 1834
Synonyms:
close, closemouthed, secretive, tight-mouthed
Antonyms:
communicative, open
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