GRE Word List

DEFT

characterized by facility and skill

The meaning of the word deft is characterized by facility and skill.

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presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
concentrichaving a common center
preeminenthaving paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding
treadto step or walk on or over
purgeto clear of guilt
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense