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 |
|---|---|
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |