GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| significant | having meaning |