GRE Word List
INTRIGUE
the practice of engaging in secret schemes
The meaning of the word intrigue is the practice of engaging in secret schemes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| circlet | a little circle |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| amity | friendship |