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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| championship | designation as champion |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |