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 |
|---|---|
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |