GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| hubbub | noise |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |