Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #803 of 1319

prowess (n.)

great skill

Examples

  • Athletic prowess.

Key rules

  • Prowess is great skill or ability
  • Athletic prowess, sporting prowess
  • Prowess is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • He has great prowesses → He has great prowess
💡 Tip: Sports // Achievement // Describing talent
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