GRE Word List
DEFT
characterized by facility and skill
The meaning of the word deft is characterized by facility and skill.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |