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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WordMeaning
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
tessellatedhaving a checkered appearance
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
beguilehoodwink
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
headfirstwith the head foremost
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district