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- pronunciation:
- ar
tih
fihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a shrewd or clever trick.
It was a clever ruse, and while others were taken in by this artifice, she was not.- synonyms:
- device, ruse, stratagem, trick
- similar words:
- chicanery, deceit, deception, dodge, maneuver, plot, scheme, subterfuge, wile
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| definition 2: |
inventiveness or ingenuity.
- synonyms:
- cunning, ingenuity, inventiveness
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| related words: |
cheat, device, intrigue, ploy, trap, trick |
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