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
stemthe main trunk of a plant
esteemthe regard in which one is held
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
spawnto deposit or fertilize spawn
etymologythe 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
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience