GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |