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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| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| postulate | demand |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |