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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| osseous | bony |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| unfrock | defrock |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |