GRE Word List
ARTIFICE
clever or artful skill : ingenuity
The meaning of the word artifice is clever or artful skill : ingenuity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |