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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| syllogism | a 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") |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |