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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |