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 |
|---|---|
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |