GRE Word List
RUSE
a wily subterfuge
The meaning of the word ruse is a wily subterfuge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| invalid | not valid: |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |