GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |