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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qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
nubileof marriageable condition or age
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liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
dulltedious
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
extolto praise highly : glorify
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brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile