Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

adept

/əˈdɛpt/ adjective, noun

Forms adepter adeptest adepts

Synonyms

Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

Etymology [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), adipsci to arrive ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “adept”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “adept” (best matches first).

प्रवीण pra-vīṇa skilful, clever, proficient, conversant with, skilled in, versed in, an adept; ( as ), m., name of a son of …
पण्डित paṇḍita learned, wise; shrewd, skilled, clever, educated; ( as ), m. a scholar, learned or wise man, learned Brāhman…
साधक sādhaka or ikā, am, effective, accomplishing, fulfilling, completing, perfecting, finishing; effecting by magic, mag…
राद्ध rāddha propitiated, conciliated; accomplished, perfected, completed, finished, performed, done; prepared, ready; co…
योगेन्द्र yogendra a master or adept in the Yoga.
सुवर्णसिद्ध suvarṇa-siddha an adept who has acquired gold by magical means.
सिद्धपुरुष siddha-puruṣa a perfect or completely sanctified personage; a sage, seer; an adept in mystical rites.
योगेश्वर yogeśvara a master or adept in the Yoga, any principal sage or Yogin; one who has obtained superhuman faculties, a mag…