GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |