GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| brook | creek |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| countenance | look |