GRE Word List
PLOY
escapade
The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| dissension | disagreement |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |