GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| forebears | ancestor |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| chivalrous | valiant |