GRE Word List
ADROIT
skillful (in using mind or hand)
The meaning of the word adroit is skillful (in using mind or hand).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dross | waste matter; worthless impurities |
| repose | resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man |
| fussy | fastidious; finicky; easily upset |
| orifice | mouthlike opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern or passage of the body); CF. mouth |
| jurisprudence | science of law |
| bully | one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V. |
| intervene | come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention |
| cower | shrink quivering as from fear; cringe |
| fraught | filled (with something unpleasant); full; Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties; CF. freight |
| suspense | state of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty |