GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| whimsy | whim |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
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