GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| heed | to pay attention |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |