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 |
|---|---|
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| junket | trip |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| replicate | duplicate |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |