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 |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| acetic | vinegary |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |