GRE Word List
ADEPT
thoroughly proficient : expert
The meaning of the word adept is thoroughly proficient : expert.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |