apt
apter; aptest
Something apt is perfectly appropriate, clever and well-suited to the matter at hand. If your room is small and dark, “cave-like” would be an apt description.
The wee cousin of aptitude, apt has the same root meaning of "strength and ideal appropriateness." An apt description or nickname is one that’s just right. Apt can also be used in the form "to be apt to" meaning "to be likely to" do something. You’re apt to use this word more now that you know precisely what it means!
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being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
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(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
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at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
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mentally quick and resourceful“an apt pupil”
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synonyms:
clever
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intelligent
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
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intelligent
Vocabulary lists containing apt
To seal their coven, keep their magic, and avoid being turned into toads, twelve-year-old Seven Salazar of Ravenskill must work with the bully Valley Pepperhorn and the new girl Thorn Laroux to defeat the Nightbeast.
Eleven-year-old Rose Howard, who prefers rules and routines, struggles when a hurricane changes her life in a New York town.
After a plague of dreamlessness spreads across North America, seventeen-year-old Frenchie is captured so the Canadian government can harvest his bone marrow as a cure. Frenchie must find a way to escape and reunite with his found family.
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