GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| minuscule | very small |
| lewd | obscene |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |