GRE Word List
ARTIFICE
clever or artful skill : ingenuity
The meaning of the word artifice is clever or artful skill : ingenuity.
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| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| spare | not being used |
| savant | a person of learning |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| nourishment | food |