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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| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
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| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
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