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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
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| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
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| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| cipher | zero |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |