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 |
|---|---|
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |