GRE Word List
DEXTEROUS
mentally adroit and skillful : clever
The meaning of the word dexterous is mentally adroit and skillful : clever.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |