GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
synthesisthe composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
titanichaving great magnitude, force, or power : colossal
momentuma property (see property
markedhaving an identifying mark
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
etherealof or relating to the regions beyond the earth
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred