GRE Word List

RUSE

a wily subterfuge

The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.

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psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
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grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
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disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
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