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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| broach | brooch |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |