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The word of the day is ‘ruse’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form
It means:
1. Trick
2. Deception
3. An action intended to deceive someone
4. Ploy
1. He guessed it for a ruse and a bit of play-acting and sprang in
2. This ruse of the Indians was discovered on Friday, the 11th.
3. I’m afraid that it is only a ruse to cover a scheme of benevolence!
4. Whatever had been done at the lesser gate had been done as a ruse, I did not doubt.
5. The ruse succeeded to the extent of compelling the Parisian to retreat.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
feint, game plan, gimmick, hoax, ploy, sham, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, angle, artifice, blind, deceit, device, dodge, gambit, game, imposture, jig, shenanigans, shift, switch, twist, wile, booby trap, curveball, tactic, move, device, scheme, trick, cunning plan, manoeuvre, contrivance, expedient, subterfuge, smokescreen, red herring, the oldest trick in the book,wheeze, shift, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
honesty, openness, reality, stagnation, truth, truthfulness etc.
Quotation:
I was playing a role and acting. But it was different than Spike Lee’s movie. Spike can say ‘cut’ and move to the next scene. But I was pretending to be a white supremacist, one of them. I had to act like them to make the ruse a success.
Ron Stallworth
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