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 |
|---|---|
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| expatriate | banish |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |