ruse

nounCommon GRE wordMore R words

a clever trick or scheme intended to deceive

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Ruse in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing ruse in a sentence.

The fake phone call was merely a ruse to get him out of the office.

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Common questions

Ruse (noun) means a clever trick or scheme intended to deceive

Here is ruse used in an example sentence: "The fake phone call was merely a ruse to get him out of the office."

Common synonyms for ruse include trick, ploy, stratagem, subterfuge.

Ruse is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.