competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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a·pos·tro·phe
2
 (  -p  s  tr  -f  )
KEY
NOUN:
- The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin apostroph , from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away ; see
apostrophe
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OTHER FORMS:
ap os·troph ic
(  p   -str  f   k)
KEY
(Adjective)
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