GRE Word List
RUSE
trick to deceive; stratagem
The meaning of the word ruse is trick to deceive; stratagem.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interregnum | period between two successive reigns or governments |
| potential | expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth |
| rig | arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails |
| beset | harass or trouble from all directions; hem in |
| gustatory | affecting or relating to the sense of taste |
| vertex | summit; highest point; PL. vertices |
| sacrosanct | invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
| convex | curving outward |
| mire | entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick or sink in mire; N: bog; deep mud; Ex. sucked deeper into the mire |
| philology | study of language or words |
