proficient
adjectiveCompetent and skilled in a particular activity.
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Competent and skilled in a particular activity.
Very deep, intense, or showing considerable understanding.
Deep in thought or effect
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Produced or offered in large amounts.
An abundance or lavish supply of something.
Developing by stages or favoring reform and new approaches.
Developing in stages
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To increase or spread rapidly.
Producing a large quantity of work or results.
An introductory section preceding the main action or text.
To make something last longer.
Easily noticed, important, or well known in a particular setting.
Important or well known
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Likely to experience something or behave in a particular way.
A natural or habitual tendency to behave in a certain way.
Favorable to the success of an undertaking.
Corresponding appropriately in size, amount, or degree to something else.
Corresponding in degree
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Owned by a particular person or organization, often with restricted rights of use.
Behavior that meets accepted standards of appropriateness.
Ordinary, practical, or lacking imagination and excitement.
Lasting longer than expected or desirable.
Showing careful preparation for future needs.
Narrow in outlook or limited by local experience and assumptions.
Temporary or conditional, pending further information or confirmation.
An action or statement that stimulates anger or a response.
Exceptional skill or ability in a particular activity.
Careful practical judgment that considers consequences.
Careful practical judgment
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