GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| pilfer | steal |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| executor | one who executes something |
| shack | hut |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |