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
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| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |