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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protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
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reprisea musical repetition:
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
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unfetterto free from fetters