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 |
|---|---|
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| nurture | training |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |