Word 7: ADEPT (uh-DEPT)

Skilled.
Synonyms include handy, clever, able, deft, expert, adroit,
dexterous
(DEK-strus, also DEK-stur-us), and proficient (pruh-FISH-int, not
proh-).
Adept comes from the Latin adeptus, an alchemist who has
learned how
to do the impossiblechange base metals into gold. The noun an
adept
(AD-ept) means a highly skilled person, an expert. The adjective
adept
means skilled, dexterous, proficient: He was adept at managing
his
investments, and they always turned a handsome profit.