SAT Word of the Day: facile

October 11, 2009 by  
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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.”

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SAT Word of the Day: facile

September 15, 2009 by  
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facile (adj.)

From Dictionary.com:

easy or unconstrained

In a sentence:

“Fred Astaire’s facile dancing style made every step look so easy.”

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