GRE Word List

STRATAGEM

an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy

The meaning of the word stratagem is an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy.

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purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
garishclothed in vivid colors
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
ciliatedpossessing cilia
ejaculationan act of ejaculating
dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act