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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| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |