GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
wheedleto influence or entice by soft words or flattery
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
toutto make much of : promote
flicka light sharp jerky stroke or movement
ephemerallasting a very short time
hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
cullto select from a group : choose
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
emendto correct usually by textual alterations