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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quenchput out
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
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remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate