GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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ravagean act or practice of ravaging
tenaciousnot easily pulled apart : cohesive
amorphoushaving no definite form : shapeless
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stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
exegesisexposition
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark