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cabal



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–noun 
1. a small group 
of 
secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority. 

2. the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.
3. a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles. 

–verb (used without object) 
4. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot.


　
He discreetly joins up with the German Resistance - a cabal of [high]-ranking military and government bigwigs who meet in dark, smoky rooms full of expensive-looking furniture - and enters the whispered debate over what, if anything, can be done to save their nation.

bigwig
權貴之人,大亨


serendipitous
serendipitous scientific [discov]eries. 
Although Spielberg said he wanted to give Tom Hanks the time and space to develop elaborate situations like Tati [serendipit]ously blundered through
fluke
Personally, I’d like to see her [chained] to a word-processor because the screenplay [to] Juno simply couldn’t have been a [fluke] and I want more.
If nothing else, Revolutionary Road proves that their Titanic chemistry was no [fluke].
gloat
Don't gloat, Walter. 
Bashung trying not to gloat [over] his continued popularity while Arno exaggerates a waning career.
Vicinity