GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| cipher | zero |