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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| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |