GRE Word List
DEFT
characterized by facility and skill
The meaning of the word deft is characterized by facility and skill.
Random words
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|---|---|
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| encompass | include |
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| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
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| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |