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
privyprivate
automatona mechanism that is relatively self-operating
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
provisionthe act or process of providing
retractto draw back or in
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
veracioustruthful
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable