GRE Word List

DEXTEROUS

mentally adroit and skillful : clever

The meaning of the word dexterous is mentally adroit and skillful : clever.

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prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
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purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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