ruse (noun)

  • 41resource — noun 1) (resources) use your resources efficiently Syn: assets, funds, wealth, money, capital; staff; supplies, materials, raw materials, store(s), stock(s), reserve(s) 2) your tutor is t …

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  • 42stratagem — noun Warren devised a series of stratagems to win their confidence Syn: plan, scheme, tactic, maneuver, ploy, device, trick, ruse, plot, machination, dodge; subterfuge, artifice, wile; archaic shift •• stratagem The mistaken spelling strategem… …

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  • 43subterfuge — noun 1) the use of subterfuge by journalists Syn: trickery, intrigue, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, craftiness, chicanery, pretense, fraud, fraudulence 2) …

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  • 44tactic — noun 1) a tax saving tactic Syn: strategy, scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver; method, expedient, gambit, move, approach, tack; device, trick, ploy, dodge, ruse, machination, contrivance …

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  • 45deception — noun 1) they obtained money by deception Syn: deceit, duplicity, double dealing, fraud, cheating, trickery, guile, bluff, lying, pretence, treachery 2) it was all a deception Syn …

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  • 46device — noun 1) a device for measuring pressure Syn: implement, gadget, utensil, tool, appliance, apparatus, instrument, machine, mechanism, contrivance, contraption; informal gizmo 2) an ingenious legal device Syn …

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  • 47ploy — noun Syn: ruse, tactic, move, device, stratagem, scheme, trick, gambit, plan, manoeuvre, dodge, subterfuge; Brit.; informal wheeze …

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  • 48Experiment Farm Cottage — noun a cottage built in 1798 on farming land previously owned by James Ruse at Rose Hill (now Parramatta); now a National Trust property …

  • 49lip synch — noun combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker s lips with the sound of his speech • Syn: ↑lip synchronization …

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  • 50tactical maneuver — noun a move made to gain a tactical end • Syn: ↑maneuver, ↑manoeuvre, ↑tactical manoeuvre • Hypernyms: ↑move • Hyponyms: ↑parking, ↑device, ↑ …

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