GRE Word List
STRATAGEM
an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
The meaning of the word stratagem is an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy.
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lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |