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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| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
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| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| sleek | slick |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |