GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| fulcrum | prop |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |