GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |