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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ploy | escapade |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |