GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |