GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |