adroit - SAT Word

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adroit 
  ( SAT Prep - Sample Word )
This word "adroit" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
adept
dullness
slothfulness
irritation




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'adroit':
  Dexterous; deft.
  Skillful and adept under pressing conditions.


Antonym of word 'adroit' :
  maladroit

Usage of the word 'adroit' in Sentences :
  Whenever I visited Roosevelt on official business, I found a man adroit, voluble, assured, and smiling.
  adroit tongue.
  Proverbs aims to show a person how to become adroit at the greatest skill of all, the skill of living.
  adroit handling.
  I thought that was amusing, but not particularly adroit.

Usage of the word 'adroit' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 this proved so adroit at dodging her fork that it seemed to be both intelligent and motile..... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 many were also very adroit in terms of choosing a school..... read more ››




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