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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WordMeaning
commonwealtha nation, state, or other political unit: such as
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
vixena female fox
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
monotonytedious sameness
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage