SAT Word of the Day: facile
October 11, 2009 by Adam
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facile (adj)
From Dictionary.com:
1. moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
2. easily done, performed, used, etc.: a facile victory; a facile method.
3. easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons.
4. affable, agreeable, or complaisant; easily influenced: a facile temperament; facile people.
In a sentence:
“The dancer moved with such facile grace that she made even the most difficult steps look easy.”
