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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| unsavory | insipid |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| document | proof |