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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provenanceorigin
lucrativeproducing wealth : profitable
imbecilitythe quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness
solventable to pay all legal debts
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation
quizzicalcomically quaint
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
begetto procreate as the father : sire
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
besiegeto surround with armed forces