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 |
|---|---|
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| kismet | fate |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| determinate | having defined limits |