ruse (noun)
81dodge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. elude, evade, escape, avoid, duck. See deviation, avoidance, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trick, strategy, scheme; see method 2 , plan 2 , trick 1 . v. Syn. duck, elude, evade; see avoid …
82feint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. diversion, trick; pretense, artifice, evasion; sleight of hand, legerdemain; bobbing and weaving; red herring. See cunning, deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pretense, dodge, distraction, maneuver;… …
83gimmick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. artifice, trick, angle. See plan. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Gadget] Syn. apparatus, fixture, contrivance; see device 1 . 2. [Means] Syn. catch, secret device, method; see trick 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
84pretense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, pretension, affectation, sham, imitation, ostentation; makeshift, simulation, excuse, pretext, evasion. See falsehood, vanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of pretending] Syn. affectation,… …
85stratagem — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trick, subterfuge, artifice, ploy, ruse, guile, wile. See deception, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trick, deception, plot, scheme; see method 2 . See Synonym Study at trick . III (Roget s 3… …
86HISTORY bibliography — General ■ Abun Nasr, Jamil M. History of the Maghrib. 2nd rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. ■ Ajayi, J. F. A, and Michael Crowder. History of West Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman Group, 1971, 1974. ■ Akkache, A. Tacfarinas.… …
87Parramatta — /pærəˈmætə/ (say paruh matuh) noun a city in NSW in Sydney s metropolitan west; the second settlement established after by Governor Phillip after the arrival of the First Fleet. {Australian Aboriginal; Dharug burra place + matta eels} Parramatta… …
88design — I (construction plan) noun blueprint, chart, conception, delineation, depiction, descriptio, diagram, draft, drawing, forma, graph, layout, lineamenta, map, model, outline, picture, plan, preliminary drawing, projection, proof, rendering,… …
89con — I. transitive verb (conned; conning) Etymology: Middle English connen to know, learn, study, alteration of cunnen to know, infinitive of can more at can Date: 13th century 1. to commit to memory 2. to study or examine closely II. variant of conn …
90stall — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English steall; akin to Old High German stal place, stall and perhaps to Latin locus (Old Latin stlocus) place Date: before 12th century 1. a. a compartment for a domestic animal in a stable or barn b.… …
