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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
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| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
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| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |