GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| stringent | tight |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| executioner | one who executes |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |