GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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WordMeaning
ramparta protective barrier : bulwark
ovationa 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
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
interrogateto question formally and systematically
inimicalbeing adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
zephyra breeze from the west
knolla small round hill : mound
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma