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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
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| paramour | lover |
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