GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
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serebeing dried and withered
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reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
misadventuremisfortune
comelypleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
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