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 |
|---|---|
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |