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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| ignite | to set afire |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |