GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
delineateto describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
inertlacking the power to move
privyprivate