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 |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |