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 |
|---|---|
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |