GRE Word List
PLOY
strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
The meaning of the word ploy is strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plane | carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat |
| waggish | humorous; mischievous; tricky |
| exposure | risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption |
| sidereal | relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day |
| askance | with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at |
| vendor | seller |
| confidant | trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) |
| chafe | warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. |
| archipelago | group of closely located islands |
| trappings | outward decorations; ornaments (as an outward sign of rank) |