GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |