GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
contagiona contagious disease
forlornbereft
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
offensivemaking attack : aggressive
hypochondriachypochondriacal
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol