GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
purveyorone that purveys
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
vintnera wine merchant
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
humdrummonotonous
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent