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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| maroon | a dark red |