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 |
|---|---|
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| vixen | a female fox |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |