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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| Word | Meaning |
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| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |