GRE Word List
SUBTERFUGE
deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
The meaning of the word subterfuge is deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| cataclysm | flood |