GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| document | proof |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |