GRE Word List
INTRIGUE
make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair
The meaning of the word intrigue is make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canto | division of a long poem |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible |
| chorus | phrase repeated throughout a song or poem |
| inquisitive | eager for knowledge; unduly curious |
| truism | self-evident truth |
| mute | silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound, color, shade of |
| pastiche | imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists |
| demographic | related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population |
| abase | lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
