GRE Word List
ADEPT
thoroughly proficient : expert
The meaning of the word adept is thoroughly proficient : expert.
Random words
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shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
herbivorous | feeding on plants |
platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |