GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| ploy | escapade |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| prattle | prate |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |