GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| historic | historical |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| braid | to make from braids |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |