GRE Word List
PLOY
escapade
The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |