GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |