GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
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predetermineforeordain
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
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travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
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