GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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WordMeaning
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
behemotha mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
spuriousborn to parents not married to each other
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management