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 |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| calculated | apt |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |