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 |
|---|---|
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |