GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| nomenclature | name |
| fauna | animal life |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |