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 |
|---|---|
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| aver | to declare positively |
| overweening | arrogant |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |