GRE Word List
ARTIFICE
clever or artful skill : ingenuity
The meaning of the word artifice is clever or artful skill : ingenuity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |