prowess
Other forms: prowesses
Prowess means exceptional skill or ability. Your sailing prowess might save your life in a storm, while someone with less experience might make mistakes.
An earlier meaning of this word is exceptional bravery in battle, or a specific act of bravery. Prowess is a Middle English word borrowed from the Old French proesse, "courage, brave deed," from prud, "good, capable, brave." The related English word proud originally had the now obsolete meaning of "brave."
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a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observationtypes:eristicthe art of logical disputation (especially if specious)falconrythe art of training falcons to hunt and returnfortificationthe art or science of strengthening defenseshomileticsthe art of preachinghorologythe art of designing and making clocksminstrelsythe art of a minstrelmusicianshipartistry in performing musicpuppetrythe art of making puppets and presenting puppet showstaxidermythe art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearancetelescopythe art of making and using telescopesventriloquism, ventriloquythe art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)type of:superior skillmore than ordinary ability
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