GRE Word List
PLOY
escapade
The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |