GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| disport | sport |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| calorific | caloric |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |