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 |
|---|---|
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| acclaim | applaud |