GRE Word List

ARTIFICE

clever or artful skill : ingenuity

The meaning of the word artifice is clever or artful skill : ingenuity.

Random words

WordMeaning
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
traduceto expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
squanderto spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate
nomenclaturename
spuriousborn to parents not married to each other
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
calorificcaloric