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 |
|---|---|
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| maroon | a dark red |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| avow | to declare assuredly |