GRE Word List
ADEPT
expert at; very skilled
The meaning of the word adept is expert at; very skilled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presentiment | premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear |
| nebulous | vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex. nebulous proposal |
| ovation | enthusiastic applause |
| lilliputian | extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
| monarchy | government under a single ruler |
| onerous | burdensome |
| betoken | signify; indicate; be a sign of |
| promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
| rare | (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains |
| rile | irritate; vex; muddy |
