GRE Word List
ARTFUL
exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice
The meaning of the word artful is exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exonerate | acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt |
| addendum | addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) |
| commune | small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature |
| raffle | lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car |
| nubile | marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial |
| threadbare | worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses |
| belie | contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. |
| incompatible | inharmonious; N. incompatibility |
| talon | claw of bird |
| quizzical | curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance |