GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
speechlessunable to speak : dumb
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
constituenta member of a constituency
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
suppliantsupplicant
prosperousauspicious
restraintan act of restraining : the state of being restrained