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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |