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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benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
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ostentatiousattracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
scuffleto struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
lacerationthe act of lacerating
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously