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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surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
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extrudeto force, press, or push out
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
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