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 |
|---|---|
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| savant | a person of learning |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |