GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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WordMeaning
insensatelacking sense or understanding
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
slovenlyuntidy especially in personal appearance
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
self-righteousconvinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
cadeta younger brother or son