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   proficient

   /prəˈfɪʃnt/

   adjective

   • 1. competent or skilled in doing or using something: "I was proficient at my job"

   noun

   • 1. a person who is proficient: rare "he became a proficient in Latin and Greek"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin proficient- ‘advancing’, from the verb proficere, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do, make’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. proficiently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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   • R

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   • F

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   • I

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   • C

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