GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
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| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
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| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
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