GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| exegesis | exposition |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |