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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| engender | beget |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |