GRE Word List

ADEPT

thoroughly proficient : expert

The meaning of the word adept is thoroughly proficient : expert.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
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febrilemarked or caused by fever : feverish
belittleto speak slightingly of : disparage
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
artificeclever or artful skill : ingenuity
advertto turn the mind or attention