GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
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