GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| ensconce | shelter |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |