GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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WordMeaning
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
quoruma select group
hovelan open shed or shelter
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity