GRE Word List
DEXTEROUS
mentally adroit and skillful : clever
The meaning of the word dexterous is mentally adroit and skillful : clever.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| drab | slattern |