GRE Word List
ADEPT
thoroughly proficient : expert
The meaning of the word adept is thoroughly proficient : expert.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |