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.

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unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
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evinceto constitute outward evidence of
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