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   Apt

   /apt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. appropriate or suitable in the circumstances: "an apt description of her nature" Similar suitablefittingappropriatebefittingrelevantfelicitouscongruousfitapplicablejudiciousappositeaproposto the purposeto the pointperfectidealrightjust rightmade to ordertailor-madeconvenientexpedientusefultimelyinformal:spot onOpposite inappropriate
   • 2. having a tendency to do something: "she was apt to confuse the past with the present" Similar inclinedgivenlikelyliabledisposedpredisposedpronereadytendingsubjectof a mindcapableOpposite unlikely
   • 3. quick to learn: "he proved an apt scholar" Similar cleverquickbrightsharpquick to learnsmartintelligentablegiftedtalentedadeptproficientcompetentastuteinformal:geniuswhip-smartOpposite slow

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘suited, appropriate’): from Latin aptus ‘fitted’, past participle of apere ‘fasten’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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