GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| conflagration | fire |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |