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 |
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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) |