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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| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |