GRE Word List
ARTFUL
performed with or showing art or skill
The meaning of the word artful is performed with or showing art or skill.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |