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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WordMeaning
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
limnto draw or paint on a surface
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
advocacythe act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands