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
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forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
demented | mad |
swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |