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adept

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

highly skilled or proficient at something

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Adept in a sentence

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He proved remarkably adept at defusing tense conversations.

Synonyms
proficientskilleddexterous
Antonyms
ineptunskilledclumsy

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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.

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Questions about “adept”

Adept (adjective) means highly skilled or proficient at something
Here is adept used in an example sentence: "He proved remarkably adept at defusing tense conversations."
Common synonyms for adept include proficient, skilled, dexterous.
Antonyms of adept include inept, unskilled, clumsy.
Adept is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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