GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |