GRE Word List
PLOY
escapade
The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |