GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| quarry | game |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |