competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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ter·ror
 (t  r   r)
KEY
NOUN:
- Intense, overpowering fear. See Synonyms at fear.
- One that instills intense fear:
a rabid dog that became the terror of the neighborhood.
- The ability to instill intense fear:
the terror of jackboots pounding down the street.
- Violence committed or threatened by a group to intimidate or coerce a population, as for military or political purposes.
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Informal
An annoying or intolerable pest:
that little terror of a child.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror, from terr re, to frighten
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