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 |
|---|---|
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| significant | having meaning |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |