GRE Word List
ARTIFICE
clever or artful skill : ingenuity
The meaning of the word artifice is clever or artful skill : ingenuity.
Random words
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|---|---|
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| brink | edge |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
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