GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modish | fashionable |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| shack | hut |