GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| concordat | compact |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |