GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
veritythe quality or state of being true or real
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
volitionthe power of choosing or determining : will
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
generateto bring into existence: such as