GRE Word List
ADEPT
thoroughly proficient : expert
The meaning of the word adept is thoroughly proficient : expert.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |