GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
institutionan established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
lucremonetary gain : profit
philistinea native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
shudderto tremble convulsively : shiver
compileto compose out of materials from other documents
dormantrepresented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing