GRE Word List
PLOY
escapade
The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.
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rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
zephyr | a breeze from the west |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |
mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |