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 |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| duration | continuance in time |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |