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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clientelea body of clients
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
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
penetrateto pass into or through
contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form