GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |