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 |
|---|---|
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
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