GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
credencemental acceptance as true or real
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
determinatehaving defined limits
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
autonomoushaving the right or power of self-government
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol