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 |
|---|---|
| coin | corner |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| fester | to generate pus |
| quisling | traitor |
| countenance | look |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |