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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| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |