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 |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| zealot | a zealous person |