GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
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crassgross
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
extrudeto force, press, or push out
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bouta spell or period of activity: such as
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functionalof, connected with, or being a function