GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| quench | put out |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |