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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
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| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| veracious | truthful |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |