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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| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |