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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idioman 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)
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
loftan upper room or floor : attic
adjacentnot distant : nearby
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter