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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| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| executioner | one who executes |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |