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 |
|---|---|
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |