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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| Word | Meaning |
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| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| billow | wave |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |