GRE Word List

PLOY

escapade

The meaning of the word ploy is escapade.

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implyto express indirectly
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
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bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
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