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 |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| replicate | duplicate |
| recast | to cast again |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |